Implementation

• Create and Configure Your Lambda Function
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • Java

  • Python
  • 1. In a new browser tab, log into the AWS Lambda Console.
    2. Make sure you note what region you are creating your function in. You can see this at the very top of the page, next to your account name.
    3. Click on the orange "Create Function" button.
    4. Under "Function Name" type in HelloWorldFunction.
    5. Select Python 3.8 from the runtime drop-down.

    

    6. Click on the orange "Create Function" button.

    7. You should see a green box at the top of your screen with the following message "Successfully created the function."

    8. Replace the code under "Function Code" with the following:
    

    # import the JSON utility package since we will be working with a JSON object
    import json
    # define the handler function that the Lambda service will use an entry point
    def lambda_handler(event, context):
    # extract values from the event object we got from the Lambda service
        name = event['firstName'] +' '+ event['lastName']
    # return a properly formatted JSON object
        return {
        'statusCode': 200,
        'body': json.dumps('Hello from Lambda, ' + name)
        }

    9. Click the orange "Save" button at the top of your screen.

    10. Let's test our new function. Click on "Select a test event" at the top of your screen.

    11. From that drop-down menu click on "Configure test events."

    12. Under "Event Name" type HelloWorldTestEvent.

    13. Copy and paste the following JSON object to replace the default one:
    

    {
    "firstName": "Ada",
    "lastName": "Lovelace"
    }

    14. Click the orange "Create" button a the bottom of the page.
    
  • JavaScript
  • 1. In a new browser tab, log into the AWS Lambda Console.
    2. Make sure you note what region you are creating your function in. You can see this at the very top of the page, next to your account name.
    3. Click on the orange "Create Function" button.
    4. Under "Function Name" type in HelloWorldFunction.
    5. Select Node.js 12.x from the runtime drop-down.

    

    6. Click on the orange "Create Function" button.

    7. You should see a green box at the top of your screen with the following message "Successfully created the function."

    8. Replace the code under "Function Code" with the following:
    

    // Define handler function, the entry point to our code for the Lambda service
    // We receive the object that triggers the function as a parameter
    exports.handler = async (event) => {
        // Extract values from event and format as strings
        let name = JSON.stringify(`Hello from Lambda, ${event.firstName} ${event.lastName}`);
        // Create a JSON object with our response and store it in a constant
        const response = {
            statusCode: 200,
            body: name
        };
        // Return the response constant
        return response;
    };

    9. Click the orange "Save" button at the top of your screen.

    10. Let's test our new function. Click on "Select a test event" at the top of your screen.

    11. From that drop-down menu click on "Configure test events."

    12. Under "Event Name" type HelloWorldTestEvent.

    13. Copy and paste the following JSON object to replace the default one:
    

    {
    "firstName": "Ada",
    "lastName": "Lovelace"
    }

    14. Click the orange "Create" button a the bottom of the page.
    
  • Java
  • 1. In a new browser tab, log into the AWS Lambda Console.
    2. Make sure you note what region you are creating your function in. You can see this at the very top of the page, next to your account name.
    3. Click on the orange "Create Function" button.
    4. Under "Function Name" type in HelloWorldFunction.
    5. Select Java 11 from the runtime drop-down.

    

    6. Click on the orange "Create Function" button.

    7. You should see a green box at the top of your screen with the following message "Successfully created the function."

    8. You have now created a Lambda function with a handler class named Hello. Since Java is a compiled language, you cannot view or edit the source code in the Lambda console, but you can modify its configuration, invoke it, and configure triggers.

    9. To update the function's code, you will need to create a deployment package, which is either a JAR file or a ZIP archive containing your function's code. For the purposes of this tutorial, we have provided the JAR file with the updated function code to use here.

    10. Go to "Function code" and upload the JAR file.
    

    

    11. Update the "Handler" to com.example.app.LambdaRequestHandler::handleRequest.
    

    

    12. Click the orange "Save" button at the top of your screen.

    13. Let's test our new function. Click on "Select a test event" at the top of your screen.

    14. From that drop-down menu click on "Configure test events."

    15. Under "Event Name" type HelloWorldTestEvent.

    16. Copy and paste the following JSON object to replace the default one:
    

    {
    "firstName": "Ada",
    "lastName": "Lovelace"
    }

    17. Click the orange "Create" button a the bottom of the page.
    
• Test Your Lambda Function
  1. Click the grey "Test" button at the top of the page.
  2. You should see a light green box at the top of the page with the following text: "Execution result: succeeded." You can click on "details" to see the event the function returned.
  3. Well done! You now have a working Lambda function.