dwyl/learn-aws-lambda

NPM Dependencies?

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#46 opened on Feb 1, 2016

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What if we want to use an NPM module in our Lambda Function, how is this done? A simple example could be to require request and make an http request to an open API and log the response...? or we could go even simpler and require a simple module like https://github.com/dwyl/aguid and console.log the resulting uuid.

see: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/nodejs-packages-in-lambda/

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javascriptnodejsaws
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backendclouddocumentation
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Node.js basicsAWS Lambda concepts
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75
Research direction
Review the existing documentation in the repo to see if there's any mention of NPM dependencies. Check the linked AWS blog post for guidance on packaging Node.js dependencies. Consider creating a simple example using a module like 'aguid' and console.log the UUID, then add a section to the README explaining how to include dependencies in Lambda functions using the console or CLI.