Aws Lambda Ruby Sdk

Having played with the new ruby support for a few hours i m feeling confident we ll be spending less time with node go and python.

Aws lambda ruby sdk.

The following example creates the lambda function named my notification function in the us west 2 region using these values. To reference the sdk add a require statement to the top of your lambda function rb file. The execution role grants the function permission to use aws services such as amazon cloudwatch logs for log streaming and aws x ray for request tracing. Your code runs in an environment that includes the aws sdk for ruby with credentials from an aws identity and access management iam role that you manage.

Lambda functions are already configured to use the aws sdk for ruby so no gems need to be installed before we can use the library. Version 3 of the aws sdk for ruby modularizes the monolithic sdk into service specific gems for example aws sdk s3 and aws sdk dynamodb. The below code shows the require statement at the top of the lambda function rb file. We ve been using lambda for a while at honeybadger and i have longed to be able to write our functions in ruby.

Aws sdk loads the aws sdk for ruby module we use to invoke the lambda function. You can run ruby code in aws lambda. You can use the following examples to access aws lambda lambda using the aws sdk for ruby. Os loads the os module we use to ensure we can run our ruby application on microsoft windows.

Creating a lambda function. Lambda provides runtimes for ruby that execute your code to process events. In the summer of 2011 aws introduced the initial release of aws sdk for ruby which has helped ruby developers to better integrate and use aws resources. Create an aws lambda function using this aws sdk for ruby code example.

To create a function you need a deployment package and an execution role the deployment package contains your function code. Now each service gem uses strict semantic versioning along with the benefits of continuous delivery of aws api updates. Aws documentation aws sdk for ruby developer guide. The sdk is now in its third major version and it continues to improve and deliver aws api updates.

Lambda supports the following ruby runtimes. Creates a lambda function. When ruby support on aws lambda was announced yesterday i was so excited about it that i had to try it right away. Json loads the json module we use to marshall and unmarshall the request and response payloads.

For more information about lambda see the lambda documentation. You can use the following examples to access lambda using the aws sdk for ruby.