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Create an AWS Lambda function from scratch

Add an API Gateway trigger to a AWS Lambda function to create a REST API

Add logs to AWS Lambda function and review them in CloudWatch

Trigger an AWS Lambda function by uploading a file to an S3 bucket

Use environment variables in an AWS Lambda function

Create different versions of an AWS Lambda function

Create an alias for an AWS Lambda function

Use external dependencies in an AWS Lambda function

Modify the default AWS Lambda function timeout 

Use CloudWatch event to execute an AWS Lambda function with a fixed interval

List all S3 buckets from an AWS Lambda function using aws-sdk

Learn AWS Lambda from scratch

Once the AWS Lambda function is created in AWS Cloud, we'd like to be able to call it outside of the AWS Console

In order to do that - we need to create a trigger.

In this lesson we're going to learn how to create an API Gateway trigger and attach it to a AWS Lambda function so the function will get triggered once an HTTP request is sent to this API.

Tomasz Łakomy: [0:00] We have a Lambda function that we would like to be able to execute outside of the AWS console. In order to do that, we need to add a trigger to this function. Click on Add trigger. Here, we can select what kind of trigger do we want to add to this function.

[0:13] I would like to be able to call this function via HTTP request, so I'm going to add an API Gateway. API Gateway allows us to create an API with only a couple of clicks.

[0:22] There are two templates available, so we can use either HTTP API or the REST API. HTTP API is rather new, so we're going to work with that because we want to be cutting-edge.

[0:32] By default, this is going to be open, so I will be able to call it from my local machine outside of AWS. Next, click on Add. We can see over here, that the trigger has been added. API Gateway is going to trigger myFunction.

[0:45] Down here, we can see my API. If I expand it, we can see that there is no Security currently, there's no Authorization, and basically, we have an open endpoint.

[0:53] If I click on that, I will execute my Lambda function and there will be a result over here, "Hello from Lambda!"

[1:00] If I were to go ahead and change this function to say, "Hello from Egghead Lambda!" and save it. Now, if I refresh over here, I'm going to get the result, "Hello from Egghead Lambda!"

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Add an API Gateway trigger to a AWS Lambda function to create a REST API

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