node-red-contrib-lambda-io v0.2.3

node-red-contrib-lambda-io

Node-RED nodes to make AWS Lambda Functions on lambda

Install

sudo npm install node-red-contrib-lambda-io

Usage

Provides 3 nodes. (input, output and test)

Input

Lambda Function input node. Create and Send Message when a Lambda Function is invoked.

Output

Lambda Function output node. Return Message to correponding a Lambda Function invocation.

Test

Lambda Funciton input/ouput test node. Test above 2 nodes on Node-RED editor.

How to create a Lambda Function

Precondition

• Setup aws cli configuration

• Checkout this repogitory

  git clone https://github.com/sakazuki/node-red-contrib-lambda-io.git

• See samples

In your local environment (PC or else)

• Create a lambda deploy package

  cd samples/
  npm install
  npm run zip ## create app.zip

• Create a Node-RED flow

  export S3_BUCKET=XXXXXX
  export AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME=YYYYYYY   ## this must be the same as the lambda function name on AWS.
  npm run dev

  access the URL http://localhost:1880 , and create and deploy a flow using the lambda nodes.
  Flow files save in S3.

Create a lambda Function

• Name must be the same as above AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME
• The environment variable S3_BUCKET must be set.
• This function must be attached with the role having S3 GetObject/PutObject.
• Upload app.zip

Tips

• Timeout sec maybe should be over 30 sec. (At first time, it takes a long)