Plata

Plata is an easy-to-use AWS client for node that supports a consistent API across AWS services.

Currently Supported Services

• CloudSearch
• CloudWatch
• SQS
• SES
• SNS
• EC2 (minimal)

Usage

S3

var aws = require('aws'),
    fs = require('fs'),
    sequence = require('sequence');

aws.connect();

sequence(aws).then(function(next){
        fs.readFile('dan-queue.json', 'utf-8', next);
    }).then(function(next, err, data){
        aws.s3.putObject("queue.extension.fm", "dan.json", data).then(
            function(response){
                console.log('Dan's queue updated on S3');
            },
            function(err){
                console.error(err);
            }
        );
    }
);

CloudSearch

var aws = require('node-aws');
aws.connect();

function addDocs(){
    var docClient = aws.cs.getSearchClient('doc-yourCloudsearchEndpoint>');
    docClient.add('1', '1', {'username': 'dan', 'location': 'New York, NY'});
    docClient.add('2', '1', {'username': 'danielle', 'location': 'Budapest, HU'});

    docClient.commit().then(
        function(result){
            console.log(result);
            searchByUsername('dan*');
        },
        function(err){
            console.error(err);
        }
    );
}

function searchByUsername(username){
    var searchClient = aws.cs.getSearchClient('search-yourCloudsearchEndpoint>');
    searchClient.search({
        'q': 'field username: '+username,
        'returnFields': ['username']}
    ).then(function(result){
        console.log('Results found: '+result.hits);
        console.log('Results: '+result.docs);
    }, function(err){
        console.error(err);
    });
}

aws.cs.createDomain().then(addDocs);

TODO

• Finish high level interfaces for existing services
• EMR support
• STS support
• DynamoDB support
• Simple Workflow support