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Using Regular Expressions and AWS Lambda to Validate API Requests
Regular expressions are often used as a means of validating text fields to ensure the input data matches the desired patterns, such as usernames being of certain character lengths and passwords meeting certain thresholds. In this lab, we will do just that: use AWS Lambda and the API gateway to create a password validator that will use regular expressions and lookarounds to confirm that the password meets our requirements.
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Challenge
Create the Function
Use lookarounds to craft a regular expression; insert that regular expression into the Lambda function.
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Challenge
Create the API Gateway
Create a RESTful API in the API gateway that invokes the function.
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Test
Navigate to the endpoint and supply some text passwords to test.
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