lambda-view-server

A no-db web server using Serverless/AWS Lambda

Setup

Local dependencies

Bring in project dependencies with Yarn

yarn global add serverless webpack
yarn install

They can also be installed with npm if you prefer

npm install -g serverless webpack
npm install

AWS setup

Follow the credentials guide from Serverless to configure this project to use your AWS account.

Environment variables

This project expects the following environment variables to be present

AWS_API_HOST: the url of the api that uses the lambda function (AWS Gateway API url)
AWS_S3_BUCKET: the S3 bucket where the static resources are deployed
AWS_STATIC_ROOT: the publicly accessible url of the S3 bucket

Configure those variables as appropriate for your system.

Usage

To build the project and deploy to AWS

# using yarn
yarn deploy

# using npm
npm run deploy

To run the function locally

# with no parameters
sls invoke local --function server

# specify the route
sls invoke local --function server --data '{"pathParameters":{"route":"routeName"}}'