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**To create a JWT authorizer for an HTTP API**
The following ``create-authorizer`` example creates a JWT authorizer that uses Amazon Cognito as an identity provider. ::
aws apigatewayv2 create-authorizer \
--name my-jwt-authorizer \
--api-id a1b2c3d4 \
--authorizer-type JWT \
--identity-source '$request.header.Authorization' \
--jwt-configuration Audience=123456abc,Issuer=https://cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/us-west-2_abc123
Output::
{
"AuthorizerId": "a1b2c3",
"AuthorizerType": "JWT",
"IdentitySource": [
"$request.header.Authorization"
],
"JwtConfiguration": {
"Audience": [
"123456abc"
],
"Issuer": "https://cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/us-west-2_abc123"
},
"Name": "my-jwt-authorizer"
}
For more information, see `Controlling access to HTTP APIs with JWT authorizers <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/http-api-jwt-authorizer.html>`__ in the *Amazon API Gateway Developer Guide*.