# AWS API Gateway: add the POST method to connect Snyk to Slack

The payload Slack will receive will have a message, so create a POST method that will receive the message, verify it is a valid message, and then send on to the AWS Lambda function.

Follow these steps to add the POST Method:

1. Navigate to the AWS API Gateway you have created.
2. Click **Resources**.
3. To create the method, navigate to **Actions** -> **Create Method** -> **Post**.
4. Configure the AWS API Gateway to work with the Lambda function you created by adding the Gateway in the adjacent Lambda function box:\
   Choose the **Lambda Function Integration type**.\
   Select **Default Timeout**.

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5. In the **Resources**, lick the new **POST** method.
6. Click **Integration Request** (top right on the AWS Gateway POST method execution screen).

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7. Scroll to the bottom and add a **Mapping Template** with **application/json Content-Type**. To the template add the following code:\
   `{`\
   `"method": "$context.httpMethod",`\
   `"body" : $input.json('$'),`\
   `"headers": {`\
   `#foreach($param in $input.params().header.keySet())`\
   `"$param": "$util.escapeJavaScript($input.params().header.get($param))"`\
   `#if($foreach.hasNext),#end #end`\
   `}`\
   `}`
8. Verify the resulting display reflects these entries.

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