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L2 Construct

SpecRestApi

Represents a REST API in Amazon API Gateway, created with an OpenAPI specification. Some properties normally accessible on

Import

import { SpecRestApi } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway';

Or use the module namespace:

import * as apigateway from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-apigateway';
// apigateway.SpecRestApi

Properties

Configuration passed to the constructor as SpecRestApiProps.

apiDefinitionRequired
ApiDefinition

An OpenAPI definition compatible with API Gateway.

binaryMediaTypesOptional
string[]

The list of binary media mime-types that are supported by the SpecRestApi resource, such as "image/png" or "application/octet-stream".

Default: - SpecRestApi supports only UTF-8-encoded text payloads.

minCompressionSizeOptional
Size

A Size(in bytes, kibibytes, mebibytes etc) that is used to enable compression (with non-negative between 0 and 10485760 (10M) bytes, inclusive) or disable compression (when undefined) on an API. When compression is enabled, compression or decompression is not applied on the payload if the payload size is smaller than this value. Setting it to zero allows compression for any payload size.

Default: - Compression is disabled.

modeOptional
RestApiMode

The Mode that determines how API Gateway handles resource updates. Valid values are `overwrite` or `merge`. For `overwrite`, the new API definition replaces the existing one. The existing API identifier remains unchanged. For `merge`, the new API definition is merged with the existing API. If you don't specify this property, a default value is chosen: - For REST APIs created before March 29, 2021, the default is `overwrite` - For REST APIs created after March 29, 2021, the new API definition takes precedence, but any container types such as endpoint configurations and binary media types are merged with the existing API. Use the default mode to define top-level RestApi properties in addition to using OpenAPI. Generally, it's preferred to use API Gateway's OpenAPI extensions to model these properties.

Default: - `merge` for REST APIs created after March 29, 2021, otherwise `overwrite`

15 properties inherited from RestApiBaseProps
cloudWatchRoleOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
boolean

Automatically configure an AWS CloudWatch role for API Gateway.

Default: - false if `@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway:disableCloudWatchRole` is enabled, true otherwise

cloudWatchRoleRemovalPolicyOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
RemovalPolicy

The removal policy applied to the AWS CloudWatch role when this resource is removed from the application. Requires `cloudWatchRole` to be enabled.

Default: - RemovalPolicy.RETAIN

deployOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
boolean

Indicates if a Deployment should be automatically created for this API, and recreated when the API model (resources, methods) changes. Since API Gateway deployments are immutable, When this option is enabled (by default), an AWS::ApiGateway::Deployment resource will automatically created with a logical ID that hashes the API model (methods, resources and options). This means that when the model changes, the logical ID of this CloudFormation resource will change, and a new deployment will be created. If this is set, `latestDeployment` will refer to the `Deployment` object and `deploymentStage` will refer to a `Stage` that points to this deployment. To customize the stage options, use the `deployOptions` property. A CloudFormation Output will also be defined with the root URL endpoint of this REST API.

Default: true

deployOptionsOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
StageOptions

Options for the API Gateway stage that will always point to the latest deployment when `deploy` is enabled. If `deploy` is disabled, this value cannot be set.

Default: - Based on defaults of `StageOptions`.

descriptionOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
string

A description of the RestApi construct.

Default: - 'Automatically created by the RestApi construct'

disableExecuteApiEndpointOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
boolean

Specifies whether clients can invoke the API using the default execute-api endpoint. To require that clients use a custom domain name to invoke the API, disable the default endpoint.

Default: false

domainNameOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
DomainNameOptions

Configure a custom domain name and map it to this API.

Default: - no domain name is defined, use `addDomainName` or directly define a `DomainName`.

endpointConfigurationOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
EndpointConfiguration

The EndpointConfiguration property type specifies the endpoint types of a REST API.

Default: EndpointType.EDGE

endpointExportNameOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
string

Export name for the CfnOutput containing the API endpoint.

Default: - when no export name is given, output will be created without export

endpointTypesOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
EndpointType[]

A list of the endpoint types of the API. Use this property when creating an API.

Default: EndpointType.EDGE

failOnWarningsOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
boolean

Indicates whether to roll back the resource if a warning occurs while API Gateway is creating the RestApi resource.

Default: false

parametersOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
{ [key: string]: string }

Custom header parameters for the request.

Default: - No parameters.

policyOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
PolicyDocument

A policy document that contains the permissions for this RestApi.

Default: - No policy.

restApiNameOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
string

A name for the API Gateway RestApi resource.

Default: - ID of the RestApi construct.

retainDeploymentsOptionalinherited from RestApiBaseProps
boolean

Retains old deployment resources when the API changes. This allows manually reverting stages to point to old deployments via the AWS Console.

Default: false

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