14 Serverless Framework

title: Serverless Framework for Serverless API Development weight: 24 date: 2026-06-28 lastmod: 2026-06-28 description: Use Serverless Framework for infrastructure-as-code deployment of serverless APIs including serverless.yml configuration, plugins, stages, and multi-region deployment. tags: [api-development, serverless]

Serverless Framework provides infrastructure-as-code for serverless applications using serverless.yml to define functions, events, resources, and plugins, enabling repeatable deployments across stages and regions.

```yaml
# serverless.yml
service: my-api

provider:
  name: aws
  runtime: python3.11
  region: us-east-1
  stage: ${opt:stage, 'dev'}
  environment:
    TABLE_NAME: ${self:service}-${self:provider.stage}-users
    STAGE: ${self:provider.stage}
  iamRoleStatements:
    - Effect: Allow
      Action: dynamodb:*
      Resource: arn:aws:dynamodb:*:*:table/${self:service}-${self:provider.stage}-*

functions:
  createUser:
    handler: handlers/users.create
    events:
      - http:
          path: users
          method: post
          cors: true
  getUser:
    handler: handlers/users.get
    events:
      - http:
          path: users/{id}
          method: get
          cors: true
  listUsers:
    handler: handlers/users.list
    events:
      - http:
          path: users
          method: get
          cors: true

resources:
  Resources:
    UsersTable:
      Type: AWS::DynamoDB::Table
      Properties:
        TableName: ${self:service}-${self:provider.stage}-users
        AttributeDefinitions:
          - AttributeName: id
            AttributeType: S
        KeySchema:
          - AttributeName: id
            KeyType: HASH
        BillingMode: PAY_PER_REQUEST

plugins:
  - serverless-offline

What's Next

Now learn about serverless-offline in Building Serverless APIs.