--- title: How to secure API Gateway using JWT and Lambda... description: Learn how to secure API Gateway using JWT and Lambda Authorizers with Clerk. Understand how API Gateway Authorizers work and the types of authorizers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-secure-api-gateway-using-jwt-and-lambda-authorizers-with-clerk-ipidp1uhv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to secure API Gateway using JWT and Lambda Authorizers with Clerk | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to secure API Gateway using JWT and Lambda Authorizers with Clerk. Understand how API Gateway Authorizers work and the types of authorizers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-secure-api-gateway-using-jwt-and-lambda-authorizers-with-clerk-ipidp1uhv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ipIdP1Uhv.png og:image:alt: How to secure API Gateway using JWT and Lambda Authorizers with Clerk 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. # How to secure API Gateway using JWT and Lambda Authorizers with Clerk **[AWS Builders](https://daily.dev/sources/aws-builders)** · [@brianmmdev](https://daily.dev/brianmmdev) · 10 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to secure API Gateway using JWT and Lambda Authorizers with Clerk. Understand how API Gateway Authorizers work and the types of authorizers available. Follow step-by-step instructions to configure JWT and Lambda authorizers with Clerk. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#api-gateway](https://daily.dev/tags/api-gateway), [#jwt](https://daily.dev/tags/jwt) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-secure-api-gateway-using-jwt-and-lambda-authorizers-with-clerk-ipidp1uhv) ```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":"How to secure API Gateway using JWT and Lambda Authorizers with Clerk","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-secure-api-gateway-using-jwt-and-lambda-authorizers-with-clerk-ipidp1uhv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-secure-api-gateway-using-jwt-and-lambda-authorizers-with-clerk-ipidp1uhv"},"datePublished":"2024-05-07T20:28:06.121Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:03:37.463Z","description":"Learn how to secure API Gateway using JWT and Lambda Authorizers with Clerk. Understand how API Gateway Authorizers work and the types of authorizers...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9ae34e2b557d7e8331991e91f733b737?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9ae34e2b557d7e8331991e91f733b737?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"AWS Builders","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":"Person","name":"Brian Morrison","url":"https://daily.dev/brianmmdev","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ALm5wu3H33E82E2ZF0BwaDiLP4LlRCYrcIXMiizhWivGwP8=s96-c","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":40}},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-secure-api-gateway-using-jwt-and-lambda-authorizers-with-clerk-ipidp1uhv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"api-gateway,jwt","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AWS Builders","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/aws-builders"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to secure API Gateway using JWT and Lambda Authorizers with Clerk"}]} ```