Hello here,
I am working on creating APIs would be used by third-party developers. This means the developers needs to sign-up for a plan (possibly using Stripe), get API key and start making requests.
I am leaning more towards using https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/ for the benefits it provides around API management, security (via Cognito) and having a developer portal (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/api-gateway-documenting-api.html). In my observation so far, Cloudflare API gateway does not provide these benefits. Another benefit is using CDK to manage the entire stack programmatically.
When comparing serverless functions, I am more interested in leveraging Cloudflare workers because of
- No cold start issue.
- Better pricing.
However, I am unsure about a few things
- If a request comes to API gateway and authenticates perfectly, how do I securely invoke Cloudflare worker?
- I am sure there would be some latency added between the 2 systems. Are there any ways to minimize the latency?
The guidance is very much appreciated.
Thank you