title: Does API Gateway automatically validate input model?
body: <p>I've created simple API in AWS API gateway with following endpoint:</p>
  
  <pre><code>POST /v1/users
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In method execution / method request I've added request model:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wqt9d.png"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wqt9d.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>This model schema looks like this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zpyiZ.png"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zpyiZ.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>However when I make a request to that endpoint with json body <code>{ "foo": "bar" }</code> it does not reject it and my lambda function is executed...</p>
  
  <p>So why there is option to define JSON schema if it is not used to validate requests?</p>