@redwoodjs/dev-server

Redwood's HTTP server for serverless Functions

The dev server looks for "lambda functions" in ./api/src/functions. Each lambda function is mapped to a URI based on their filename, as an example: ./api/src/functions/graphql.js would be accessible at http://localhost:8911/graphql.

The ./api directory is watched for modifications, when they are detected the modules are reimported.

A lambda function must export a handler. You can execute the supplied callback function to return a response:

export const handler = (event, context, callback) => {
  return callback(null, { status: 200, body: 'Hello, world' })
}

Request Handlers

At the moment we emulate AWS Lambda functions, but there are other serverless providers that have different request/ response signatures that we would like to support as a deploy target.

We think we have two approaches for making that possible:

• Converge on the AWS Lambda Functions format and convert "other" providers signatures at build time.
• Provide a way to emulate other function providers in the Redwood Function Server (Which is why this folder exists.)

We have not made a decision on which approach is better.