text: You can call an API using a web browser, through the CLI using cURL or the Postman application. 
  
  After you deploy your API, you can turn on invocation logs using CloudWatch to monitor your API 
  
  calls. 
  
  You can call a REST API**before**deployment for testing in two ways: 
  
  • In the API Gateway console by using the API Gateway's TestInvoke feature. 
  
  • Through the CLI using the test-invoke-method command. 