REST acess AWS ApiGatetwy in nodejs. Uses "private" AWS v4 signer.

aws-apigateway-nodejs.coffee

AWS = require "aws-sdk"
https = require "https"

creds =
  accessKeyId: "<<ACCESS KEY ID>>"
  secretAccessKey: "<<SECRET ACCESS KEY>>"

opts =
    method: "GET"
    pathname: -> '/restapis'
    path: "/restapis"
    search: -> ""
    region: "us-east-1"
    headers :
      host : "apigateway.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
      "presigned-expires": false

signer = new AWS.Signers.V4(opts, "apigateway")
signer.addAuthorization creds, new Date()
console.log JSON.stringify(opts, null, 2)

opts.host = "apigateway.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"

req = https.request opts, (res) ->
  console.log 'statusCode: ', res.statusCode
  console.log 'headers: ', res.headers

  res.on 'data', (d) ->
    process.stdout.write d

req.end()

req.on 'error', (e) -> console.error e