Simple AWS Lambda Generator

A Yeoman generator providing scaffolding for an AWS Lambda.

Installation

npm install -g generator-simple-aws-lambda

If you've not done so previously you'll also need to install Yeoman.

Usage

yo generator-simple-aws-lambda

Inputs

| Name | Description | | ---- | ----------- | | Lambda name | The name of the Lambda. This will be used both as the name of the deployed Lambda and the name of the handler's Javascript | | Author | Author of the Lambda | | Lambda description | A description of the Lambda | | Initial version | What version should be attributed to the package.json upon generation | | AWS region | The region the Lambda will be deployed to | | Executing role ARN | The AWS IAM role which will be used to execute the Lambda once deployed | | Will this Lambda process batch events? | Some event sources, such as DynamoDB Streams, send numerous records per event while other sources, such as the API Gateway, send a single event. The generated handler will differ based on this option. |

What's Generated

• [name].js - The main handler Javascript named based on the name input
• package.json
• .gitignore
• tasks.js - Task definitions for the AWS Lambda Toolkit used to facilitate Lambda deployment
• .awstoolkitconfig.json - Initial configuration for the AWS Lambda Toolkit
• README.md - Provides instructions for testing and deploying the generated Lambda
• test/test.js - Unit test scaffolding using Mocha, Should, and Promised Lambda Context