--- title: API Access with Verified Permissions and Cognito | daily.dev description: AWS has announced that Amazon API Gateway requests can now be authorized with Amazon Verified Permissions. This runtime authorization engine allows... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/api-access-with-verified-permissions-and-cognito-kkhhb3ol2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: API Access with Verified Permissions and Cognito | daily.dev og:description: AWS has announced that Amazon API Gateway requests can now be authorized with Amazon Verified Permissions. This runtime authorization engine allows... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/api-access-with-verified-permissions-and-cognito-kkhhb3ol2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KKhhb3Ol2.png og:image:alt: API Access with Verified Permissions and Cognito og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # API Access with Verified Permissions and Cognito **[InfoQ](https://daily.dev/sources/infoq)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AWS has announced that Amazon API Gateway requests can now be authorized with Amazon Verified Permissions. This runtime authorization engine allows fine-grained authorization models to be built and evaluated in real-time. By leveraging AWS Cognito tokens and the Lambda Authorizer, users can enhance access control. Alternative approaches for access control include OpenFGA and Permit.io's Policy Decision Point. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#authorization](https://daily.dev/tags/authorization) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/api-access-with-verified-permissions-and-cognito-kkhhb3ol2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"API Access with Verified Permissions and Cognito","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/api-access-with-verified-permissions-and-cognito-kkhhb3ol2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/api-access-with-verified-permissions-and-cognito-kkhhb3ol2"},"datePublished":"2024-05-01T15:01:04.049Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z","description":"AWS has announced that Amazon API Gateway requests can now be authorized with Amazon Verified Permissions. This runtime authorization engine allows...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a284714c2d75c59bf55924a2dc3d968d?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a284714c2d75c59bf55924a2dc3d968d?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoQ","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoQ","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/afc3bced3e1e4b188dd9127017a60e0c","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoq"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/api-access-with-verified-permissions-and-cognito-kkhhb3ol2","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"aws,authorization","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoQ","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoq"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"API Access with Verified Permissions and Cognito"}]} ```