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Building a Secure GraphQL API with AWS Amplify and AWS AppSync

Building a Secure GraphQL API with AWS Amplify and AWS AppSync

Client-side web development with frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue have become incredibly popular. At the same time, GraphQL has emerged as an alternative to REST for building robust, efficient APIs. However, using GraphQL APIs from client-side code comes with unique challenges compared to REST. One major roadblock is handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) when […]

Control GraphQL execution complexity, query depth, and introspection with AWS AppSync

This article is written by Erik Yang with contributions from Eric Robertson AWS AppSync recently announced new configuration options that make it easier for customers to configure limits to how their APIs can be consumed. These options allow customers to set a maximum number of resolvers per query, a maximum depth of queried data, and […]

Create a Fullstack, Sample Web App powered by Amazon Bedrock

In this post we will walk you through creating a fullstack, sample web app that uses Amazon Bedrock to create generative AI-powered application features and user experiences. Your sample app will include: A React frontend web application, built with Amplify UI components, that supports both end user chat interactions with Amazon Bedrock foundational models, and […]

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Build a GraphQL API for your Amazon Aurora MySQL database using AWS AppSync and the RDS Data API

Today, we’re excited to announce that AWS AppSync now makes it easier for customers to create GraphQL APIs based on the the tables of their existing MySQL and PostgreSQL databases running on Amazon Aurora clusters configured with the Data API. When building APIs for existing databases, developers typically have to build an interface that accurately […]

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Create a GraphQL API for any existing MySQL and PostgreSQL database

We’re excited to announce a new capability that makes it easy to build scalable, secure GraphQL interfaces over your existing relational databases with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK). Provide the AWS Amplify GraphQL API CDK construct with your database credentials stored securely in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store as a SecureString, and start authoring your […]

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The frontend web and mobile app developer’s guide to AWS re:Invent 2023

ICYMI – AWS re:Invent is only a week away! We can’t wait to join thousands of builders in person and virtually for another exciting event. Don’t forget to register here. In this blog post, we’re highlighting the most exciting sessions for technology leaders and frontend, full-stack, and backend developers. Sessions span intermediate (200) through expert […]

Build a Real-time, WebSockets API for Amazon Bedrock

Generative AI is transforming the way applications interface with data, which in turn is creating new challenges for application developers building with generative AI services like Amazon Bedrock. Amazon Bedrock is the easiest way to build and scale generative AI applications with foundation models (FMs). Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service, offers a choice of […]

Connect Amazon Bedrock to your data with AWS AppSync and GraphQL

This post describes how you can leverage AWS AppSync and GraphQL APIs to seamlessly connect your Amazon Bedrock FMs and Agents to both public APIs and to your private APIs and databases. Amazon Bedrock is a generative AI service, and is the easiest way to build and scale generative AI applications with foundation models (FMs). […]

Architecture Patterns for AWS AppSync Private APIs

AWS AppSync is a fully managed service that enables developers to create GraphQL APIs that securely access, manipulate and combine data from one or more data sources. Recently, AWS announced the support for AWS AppSync Private APIs to help customers restrict access to your GraphQL APIs to API consumers within a private network, such as […]

Query Heterogeneous Data Sources through AWS AppSync GraphQL APIs

AWS AppSync and Amazon API Gateway are managed API services designed to provide a unified endpoint enabling front end clients to access resources stored in various data sources. This article underscores the advantages of employing AppSync as the API solution for external clients to access your data sources via GraphQL. Introduction GraphQL, an API protocol, […]