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      Amazon API Gateway
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      Amazon API Gateway

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      PlainID offers an API Access Authorization Pattern for this third-party vendor. For more information, see API Access Authorization Pattern.

      The Amazon API Gateway enables developers to create, publish and monitor RESTful and WebSocket APIs to allow real-time communication between two applications (for example, the Platform and your Organization's application).

      Use Example

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      Explanation

      1. The end user access the app.
      2. The user is redirected to complete the authentication process on the IDP.
      3. The app access services/APIs in AWS. The API call is intercepted by the AWS API GW.
      4. API Gateway calls the PlainID Authorizer (a PlainID-provided Lambda function).
      5. The PlainID Authorizer requests an access decision from the PlainID PDP which responds with a dynamically calculated access decision based on the policies configured within the PlainID Authorization Platform.
      6. Access Decisions is enforced at the API Gateway. Request can be denied or permitted as-is.
      7. The client can access resources such as AWS Lambdas and API resources.
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