Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg>
Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User** **Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\ For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice
Type **API Gateway** in the search bar and click on **API Gateway** to view the API Gateway Dashboard
**What is an API Gateway in AWS?** Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service provided by AWS that allows developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale. It acts as a front door for applications to access data, business logic, or functionality from back-end services, such as Lambda functions, HTTP endpoints, or other AWS services.
On the **API Gateway** dashboard, on the right side click on the **Create API** button
**Choose an API type** wizard will open , scroll to the **REST API** section and click on **Build** button
**What is REST API?** A REST API (or RESTful API) is an application programming interface (API) that follows the design principles of the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural style. In simpler terms, it's a way for applications to communicate with each other using HTTP requests and responses.
**Create REST API** wizard will open, Under the **API details** section choose the **New API** option and give the API name as "**test-api"**
Click on the **Create API** button
REST API named **test-api** is successfully created
Scroll to the **Methods** section and click on **Create method** button
Create method wizard will open, Under **Method details** from the Method type dropdown select the **GET** option
**What is GET method ?** The GET method is an HTTP request method used to **retrieve data** from a server. It's like asking a question to get information.
Choose the **Integration type** as **Mock**
**What is the Mock integration Type?** A mock integration type is a method used in API Gateway, a service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), to simulate the behaviour of an external system during the development and testing stages of an API.
Scroll the page and click on the **Create method** button
Successfully created method '**GET**'
Congratulations on successfully creating the GET method in API Gateway! Well done!
Scroll the page and click on the **Test** tab, then click on the **Test** button
Scroll the page to view the test results