05 - Securing .NET API With Amazon Cognito | Authentication | AWS Lambda | Amazon API Gateway

In this video, you'll learn the following:
- Creating an ASP.NET Core API and configuring it to run as a Lambda Function.
- Understanding the importance of application-level security.
- Creating a Lambda Function in the AWS Console and deploying the ASP.NET Core API to Lambda using Visual Studio.
- Creating a Cognito Authorizer to enable security.
- Creating an API Gateway route and linking it to the Lambda function using Proxy Resource and Proxy Integration.
- Associating the Cognito Authorizer with the API Gateway route.
- Obtaining a Cognito token from ThunderClient and inspecting it at jwt.io.
- Conducting API testing from ThunderClient.
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[@victoraguilar3700]

Thanks a lor for your guidance here, I have followed all your directions in this video however I'm receiving a 401 Unauthorize response

[@coderjony9694]

Make sure you are getting a valid ID Token from Cognito. Next, use ID Token in Authorization header, not access_token.

[@victoraguilar3700]

​@@coderjony9694 Wow! you were right, I really appreciate your kind attention and your intention to share your knowledge and experience, thanks a lot man!