# Real-time applications with API Gateway WebSockets and AWS Lambda

DevFeed: [Real-time applications with API Gateway WebSockets and AWS Lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/real-time-applications-with-api-gateway-websockets-and-aws-lambda-14075.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.serverless.com/blog/api-gateway-websockets-support>)

Author: Jared Short

Published: 2018-11-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Serverless Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/serverless-blog.md>)

Topics: [Amazon API Gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-api-gateway.md>), [WebSocket](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/websocket.md>), [AWS Lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-lambda.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-gateway.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-lambda.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [faas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faas.md>), [function-as-a-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function-as-a-service.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [serverless-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-architecture.md>), [serverless-framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-framework.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses AWS API Gateway WebSockets support and its relevance to building real-time applications with AWS Lambda.

## Source excerpt

AWS just announced API Gateway WebSockets support, and the serverless community got pretty excited. Here's why.