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Unable to use DefaultAuthorizer: IAM for AWS::Serverless::HttpApi #1731

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@Kiranjith83

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IAM Authorization configuration is supported by API GW [1], however not seems to be supported by CFN/SAM [2] yet.

Steps to reproduce the issue:
1.
Sample template:

Sample SAM Template for sam-app

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Transform: AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31
Description: >
  sam-app
Globals:
  Function:
    Timeout: 3

Resources:
  HttpApiType:
    Type: AWS::Serverless::HttpApi
    Properties:
      FailOnWarnings: true
  HelloWorldFunction:
    Type: AWS::Serverless::Function # More info about Function Resource: https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/versions/2016-10-31.md#awsserverlessfunction
    Properties:
      CodeUri: hello_world/
      Handler: app.lambda_handler
      Runtime: python3.7
      Events:
        HelloWorld:
          Type: HttpApi # More info about API Event Source: https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/versions/2016-10-31.md#api
          Properties:
            Path: /hello
            Method: POST
            Auth:
              #Authorizer: AWS_IAM
              DefaultAuthorizer: AWS_IAM
            PayloadFormatVersion: "2.0" # aws-serverless-express doesn't support v2.0 yet
            ApiId:
              Ref: HttpApiType
  1. sam deploy --guided

Observed result:
Waiting for changeset to be created..
Error: Failed to create changeset for the stack: samappiam1, ex: Waiter ChangeSetCreateComplete failed: Waiter encountered a terminal failure state Status: FAILED. Reason: Transform AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31 failed with: Internal transform failure.

Expected result:
Have the default authorizer configured as AWS IAM for HttpApi, created by SAM.
Reference Links:
[1] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/http-api-access-control-iam.html
[2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-apigatewayv2-authorizer.html#cfn-apigatewayv2-authorizer-authorizertype

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