**To move a resource and place it under a different parent resource in an API** Command:: aws apigateway update-resource --rest-api-id 1234123412 --resource-id 1a2b3c --patch-operations op=replace,path=/parentId,value='3c2b1a' Output:: { "path": "/resource", "pathPart": "resource", "id": "1a2b3c", "parentId": "3c2b1a" } **To rename a resource (pathPart) in an API** Command:: aws apigateway update-resource --rest-api-id 1234123412 --resource-id 1a2b3c --patch-operations op=replace,path=/pathPart,value=newresourcename Output:: { "path": "/newresourcename", "pathPart": "newresourcename", "id": "1a2b3c", "parentId": "3c2b1a" }