# AWS API Gateway that calls an single endpoint ## Pertinent info Ensure `IntegrationHttpMethod` is set to `POST` even if you want to use a `GET` (or whatever) e.g. ``` rootMethod: Type: AWS::ApiGateway::Method Properties: AuthorizationType: NONE HttpMethod: GET Integration: IntegrationHttpMethod: POST Type: AWS_PROXY Uri: !Sub "arn:aws:apigateway:${AWS::Region}:lambda:path/2015-03-31/functions/${lambdaArn}/invocations" ResourceId: !GetAtt apiGateway.RootResourceId RestApiId: !Ref apiGateway ``` See this thread: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=745275 ## Background When attempting to set up an API Gateway with a single endpoint that used a Lambda we continually got the following error message when attempting to use `GET` methods: ``` Unable to determine service/operation name to be authorized ``` This was apparently due to the fact that regardless of the actual `HttpMethod` we set, `IntegrationHttpMethod` needs to be set to `POST` as per this piece of AWS documentation: https://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/apigateway/latest/developerguide/set-up-lambda-custom-integrations.html > For Lambda integrations, you must use the HTTP method of POST for the integration request, according to the specification of the Lambda service action for function invocations. The uri parameter is the ARN of the function-invoking action.