Overview of AWS API interaction methods
All interactions with AWS services—such as launching an EC2 instance, stopping an instance, or creating an S3 bucket—are performed via API calls. There are three primary ways to invoke these APIs:
- AWS Management Console: A visual web-based interface suitable for beginners, learning, and non-technical tasks.
- AWS Command Line Interface (CLI): A text-based tool for managing services from a terminal, ideal for advanced users and automation via scripting.
- AWS Software Development Kit (SDK): Programming libraries that allow developers to integrate AWS services directly into applications using languages like Python, Java, JavaScript, C++, and .NET.