Enable IAM Authentication for Webhooks
AWS API service allows developers to create, maintain, publish, and monitor APIs. AfterShip supports AWS API gateway with IAM (Identity and access management) authentication as a webhook receiver. IAM authentication is a secure way of receiving webhook requests. It ensures that other members and entities have an appropriate level of access to critical resources.
Get IAM User Access Key and Secret key
Encode special characters in the URL as shown below
Assemble encoded values as per below-mentioned format
https://webhooks.aftership.com/aftership/aws-api-gatway/v1?url=(AWS API Gateway URL)&access_key=(Access key ID)&secret_key=(Secret access key)
Copy the URL so created
Paste URL > Save changes
🔧 Enable IAM authentication
Get IAM User Access Key and Secret key
Encode special characters in the URL as shown below
Assemble encoded values as per below-mentioned format
https://webhooks.aftership.com/aftership/aws-api-gatway/v1?url=(AWS API Gateway URL)&access_key=(Access key ID)&secret_key=(Secret access key)
Copy the URL so created
Paste URL > Save changes
Updated on: 01/06/2022
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