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Orchestrating Serverless Workflows with AWS Step Functions

Get hands-on with AWS Step Functions by refactoring a serverless API to use parallel functions. Update an existing RESTful API by creating a new email notification function, then ensure that function runs parallel to the existing PUT functionality by creating a Step Function state machine and updating the API endpoint to reference that machine.

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Clock icon Beginner
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Clock icon 30m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 31, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Verify Email in SES

    To be able to test the API, add and verify your own email to Amazon SES.

  2. Challenge

    Create the Email Lambda Function

    Using the code provided, create a new Lambda function to send an email using SES. Test the function with a test event.

  3. Challenge

    Create the Step Function Workflow

    Use AWS Step Functions to create a Step Function state machine that runs both the new email and existing PUT function in parallel.

  4. Challenge

    Update the API Gateway

    Update the existing PUT endpoint in the API Gateway to leverage the new Step Function. Do this by updating the integration request, as well as the method and integration responses.

  5. Challenge

    Test the API

    Using curl and the AWS CloudShell, test the API by hitting the PUT endpoint and trying to add a new order.

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