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The reason is stated as "off-topic":

"Questions on Server Fault must be about managing information technology systems in a business environment.
Home and end-user computing questions may be asked on **Super User**,
and questions about development, testing and development tools may be asked on **Stack Overflow**."

This is not and end-user question, or not anything related to programming or development. It's a question about "managing server stack" which I believe comes under the scope of Server Fault.

Question: Link Amazon API gateway to Django

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    We are a site for professionals managing information technology systems in a business environment and as such we have certain professional expectations when people ask a question here, and one of those expectations is that you will have done some research, found and read the vendor documentation and/or tried a solution before asking the internet for help. Only then can you write that great question that we can help you answer. - Your question doesn't show any of that and would have been closed by me for that reason alone, regardless.
    – HBruijn Mod
    Commented Oct 11, 2017 at 12:35
  • I have done a week of research before posting a question, @HBruijn this is not a satisfying answer.
    – user203492
    Commented Oct 11, 2017 at 12:52
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    It is not enough to do the research; you also need to apply it when you are writing your question. It would also be a good idea to spend a little more research time on following the link in the comment.
    – Jenny D
    Commented Oct 11, 2017 at 13:19
  • @JennyD it might be a good idea not to use servrfult anymore. Adios
    – user203492
    Commented Oct 11, 2017 at 13:32
  • As orher stated about dev tool, a good example that look like your question (on SO) stackoverflow.com/questions/35756663/…
    – yagmoth555 Mod
    Commented Oct 11, 2017 at 14:30
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    As I mentioned your question doesn't show what research you did, instead it gives me the impression that you didn't invest any effort yet (but expect our community to do).
    – HBruijn Mod
    Commented Oct 11, 2017 at 15:24

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In the words of Amazon that is functionality designed for developers and that makes the question almost always off-topic for Server Fault:

Amazon API Gateway
Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, you can create an API that acts as a “front door” for applications to access ... any Web application.

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    Then why is "amazon-api-gateway" tag avaliable in serverfault. ?
    – user203492
    Commented Oct 11, 2017 at 12:44
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    @Ryu_hayabusa: Mainly, because everyone with 300 reputation points can create tags. Also, while I can't come up with an example right now, I can imagine that there might be questions that involve this topic that are on topic.
    – Sven Mod
    Commented Oct 11, 2017 at 13:14
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I wouldn't have used that specific close reason, but instead would have had to choose between "no clear problem statement" and "reasonable practices" (oh how I wish that the close reason selector used checkboxes, not radio buttons). "My employer told me to" isn't a valid reason for choosing a design (you're supposed to be a professional, not an unthinking mouse jockey), and you haven't done any of the things that are required for a question to meet the "clear problem statement" hurdle.

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The existing answers are excellent, but I think we need to be honest with the poor OP about this. A long time ago, SF used to have an explicit mission statement that it was for and about professional sysadmin. We had a close reason that said

Questions must be relevant to professional system administration. Server Fault is dedicated to professional system and network administrators. End user and enthusiast questions are off-topic (contact your system administrator or hire a professional to help you out).

This went away and was replaced the with the anodyne pair:

Questions on Server Fault must be about managing information technology systems in a business environment. Home and end-user computing questions may be asked on Super User, and questions about development, testing and development tools may be asked on Stack Overflow.

and

Questions should demonstrate reasonable business information technology management practices.

Opinion is divided about why it went away. But at least some of us hairy old-timers felt that SE management was upset about the "unfriendly" reputation SF was getting, because we ruthlessly closed-out questions that were from people who clearly needed a sysadmin, rather than people who were sysadmins.

The problem is that management can mess about with the language all it likes, but it can't make us want to provide an endless flow of free sysadmin help to people who have not yet learned their basic professional skillset. At least some of us didn't, and still don't, want to do that.

So instead some of us, myself included, use the two new close reasons above as Sekrit Kode (tm) for you're trying to do a thing no professional would do and/or you're trying to do a thing in a way no professional would do it (those two are related, but importantly different).

I agree that there is no way some poor person who's wandered in can know this history. I agree that a disservice is being done to people who get their questions closed for reasons which aren't really those stated. I feel that you, Ryu_hayabusa, are owed an apology because you've got caught in this particular crossfire (though your attitude in the comments above is very poor). I just don't agree about whose fault it is, and who owes you the apology.

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