Author: Henry

Do you really understand the sign out of AWS Cognito?

I notice that the Cognito tokens can be used to consume other AWS services after the user logout. Moreover, even I revoke the token calling the AdminUserGlobalSignOut API, I am still seeing the response as if the token is valid. Actually users can sign out from all devices where they are currently signed in when you revoke all of the…

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How do I ask Google to recrawl my URLs?

To confirm whether your site is known by Google, search for site:<your_site_URL> on Google. For example, my site is http://www.ilearnaws.com, I’d search for this: site:ilearnaws.com. Because I’ve just launched this new site and Google hasn’t found it yet, no pages from my site appear in the search results. Therefore  I would like to request that Google re-index my page. I use the URL Inspection tool to…

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Top tips to improve your site’s search results on Google: Optimize your site for search engines

Here are a few simple ideas that can help Google understand your site, and help the right people find it. Be descriptive: Use accurate, descriptive titles for your pages. We recommend putting different topics, products, or services on different pages, one topic (or closely related set of items) per page. Be complete: Mention everything that you have to offer. Google is smart, but…

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How does Oauth 2.0 work with AWS Cognito?

As you may know, with Cognito user pools, you can enable your web and mobile app users to sign up and sign in. Moreover Cognito user pools support the OAuth 2.0 authorization framework for authenticating users. For example, after you configure a domain for the user pool [1], Cognito automatically provisions a hosted UI that enables you to easily add…

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