# Amazon API Gateway

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Amazon API Gateway and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Used to connect HTTP endpoints to Lambda and S3 with few moving parts; critics find it convoluted to configure and limited on timeouts and payload size.

## Why people recommend it

- Pairs with Lambda and S3 (3 comments): "Our current deployment is designed to work directly through s3/api gateway which reduces the number of moving parts." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46766938)) "hook it up to API Gateway, and be up and running in a couple of hours." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46061062)) "got it hooked up to AWS API Gateway with Lambda using some hacks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46529343))
- Quick to get running (2 comments): "hook it up to API Gateway, and be up and running in a couple of hours." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46061062)) "got it hooked up to AWS API Gateway with Lambda using some hacks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46529343))

## What people warn about

- Described as poor quality (3 comments): "the rest 90% of AWS services like WorkMail, Cognito, API Gateway, are absolute hot garbage" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48083925)) "buildign/changing it amounts to stabbing yourself in the eyes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48121835)) "Stuff like Api Gateway is just absurd" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50083454))
- Call time and payload limits (2 comments): "Api gateway calls are limited to 30 seconds." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49191881)) "get the api gateway payload size fixed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48153723))

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Amazon API Gateway", https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-api-gateway/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).