In this chapter, we'll talk about how to configure your user pools and app clients for various authentication flows in various application environments. You'll learn about options for the use of the hosted sign-in pages of managed login, and for …

The following diagram illustrates an application that is gaining access to a REST API with the OAuth 2.0 scopes in an access token. Your app must collect the tokens from authenticated sessions and add them as bearer tokens to an Authorization header in the request.

Amazon Cognito supports multiple flows for authentication requests. These flows define how your users can verify their identity. The decision about which authentication flow to use depends on specific requirements of your application and can become complex.

Jul 9, 2024 · In this post, we will walk you through a step-by-step solution for implementing secure, authentication based, M2M communication in your own environment. Here’s a high-level overview, and an architectural diagram of the solution we will be building. Fig-1: Architecture.

May 21, 2021 · In this post, I show you how to build fine-grained authorization to protect your APIs using Amazon Cognito, API Gateway, and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).

Apr 16, 2024 · In this blog post, we’ll guide you through setting up authentication and authorization for an API using Amazon Cognito and Postman. We’ll cover steps like configuring a Cognito user pool...

Oct 30, 2016 · Build a custom authorizer that I can use for API endpoints. Here is the code (https://github.com/prabhatsharma/api-gateway-custom-authorizer/). This is pretty straightforward. I can use the same id_token provided by google to authenticate API endpoints. Custom authorizer will validate that id_token is good and grant access to the endpoint.

Dec 3, 2023 · In this guide, we’ll explore how to use AWS API Gateway’s VPC Link feature to securely connect API Gateway to private resources within a…

When you use the enhanced authflow, your app first presents a proof of authentication from an authorized Amazon Cognito user pool or third-party identity provider in a GetId request.

Nov 17, 2024 · API Gateway and Cognito Flow Diagram. Below is the architecture diagram for AWS API Gateway and Cognito Integration. A client sends an API request: The client, such as a web or mobile application, sends an HTTP/HTTPS request to the API Gateway to access a protected resource.