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Schema Validations by Dave Svatora - Lead Software Engineer

Schema Validations in AWS API Gateway

Dec 9, 2022

Validating inputs is a common problem that must be addressed in application software. Like many problems in information technology, there are many patterns available that provide a solution. This article will focus on one available solution for Application Programming Interfaces (API’s) deployed to AWS’s API Gateway. We will walk through setting up JSON Schema Validations, which is a good pattern for any applications leveraging API Gateways and serverless architectures. It follows…

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Improving API Performance with HTTP Keepalive by Clete Blackwell II

Optimizing response time by reducing unnecessary connection reestablishment

May 24, 2022

Performance of business functionality is important. To keep this at the forefront, modern business functionality is backed by one or more customer-facing APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) which are often backed by a series of microservices. Any amount of unnecessary response time in a deeply-nested service can cause slow performance to customers, potentially creating inefficiencies and diminishing customer satisfaction.

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