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# API Gateway endpoint config is not private

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**Id:** `terraform-aws-api-gateway-endpoint-config-is-not-private` 

**Provider:** AWS

**Platform:** Terraform

**Severity:** Medium

**Category:** Networking and Firewall

#### Learn More{% #learn-more %}

- [Provider Reference](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/api_gateway_rest_api)

### Description{% #description %}

This check ensures that the `endpoint_configuration.types` attribute for `aws_api_gateway_rest_api` resources is set to `"PRIVATE"`, rather than `"REGIONAL"` or `"EDGE"`. By exposing API Gateway endpoints to the public internet (for example, with `"REGIONAL"`), sensitive services can be accessed or exploited by unauthorized parties. Setting the endpoint type to `"PRIVATE"` restricts access to only sources within your VPC, mitigating the risk of data exposure or malicious traffic.

```
resource "aws_api_gateway_rest_api" "secure_example" {
  name = "private-endpoint"

  endpoint_configuration {
    types = ["PRIVATE"]
  }
}
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```terraform
resource "aws_api_gateway_rest_api" "negative1" {
  name = "regional-example"

  endpoint_configuration {
    types = ["PRIVATE"]
  }
}
```

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```terraform
resource "aws_api_gateway_rest_api" "positive1" {
  name = "regional-example"

  endpoint_configuration {
    types = ["REGIONAL"]
  }
}
```