lambda-wrapper

Wrapper for running lambda modules locally, remotely via http or from AWS during development

Use

Initializing the local Lambda

// Loads the module in myModule/mymod.js
var lambdaFunc = require('myModule/mymod.js');
var lambda = require('lambda-wrapper').wrap(lambdaFunc);

Initializing a lambda wrapped by an http server

var lambda = require('lambda-wrapper').wrap('https://my-lambda-service/');

Initializing a lambda in AWS

var lambda = require('lambda-wrapper').wrap({
    region: 'eu-west-1',
    lambdaFunction: 'myFunctionName'
});

Running the function in the Lambda module

var event = { key1: 'val1', key2: val2 };
lambda.run(event, function(err, data) {
    if (err) {
        ... handle error
    }
    ... process data returned by the Lambda function
})

If you want to pass a custom context to the Lambda module (only when running local), use the runHandler method. e.g.

lambda.runHandler(event, customContext, callback)

Accessing a lambda running as a remote service can be useful when calling lambdas that sit in different projects. E.g. Node Project A invokes Lambda in Project B. Using e.g. serverless-offline-direct-lambda, the lambda can be wrapped in an http server and called from project A.

Documentation for valid propreties in the Lambda context object are documented here http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/nodejs-prog-model-context.html

Exceptions from within the module will be returned as errors via the callback / promise.

Development

Please run module tests in a Node 4 environment prior to submitting PRs using

npm run test

Live lambda run test requires that the function in lambdaWrapper-test.js is deployed to your AWS account as 'lambdaWrapper-test'.

Release History

• 2017/07/09 - v0.2.0 - Return exceptions as errors via callback
• 2017/06/16 - v0.1.3 - Allow context object in run
• 2016/10/21 - v0.1.2 - Support for using promises
• 2016/07/26 - v0.1.1 - Support for alternative handler. runHandler method for passing custom context.
• 2016/04/26 - v0.1.0 - Support for running lambda functions also from AWS
• 2016/04/26 - v0.0.6 - Support for NodeJS 4.3 runtime (and callback notation)
• 2015/09/01 - v0.0.2 - Pass module object rather than path to init(). Removed automatic loading of module.
• 2015/07/23 - v0.0.1 - Initial version of module

License

Copyright (c) 2016 Nordcloud, licensed for users and contributors under MIT license. https://github.com/nordcloud/lambda-wrapper/blob/master/LICENSE