name : create-authorizer.rst **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*.