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Problem

How to use the aws lambda command: Use AWS Lambda, a compute service for running code without provisioning or managing servers. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/lambda/>.

Solution

aws lambda — Use AWS Lambda, a compute service for running code without provisioning or managing servers. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/lambda/>.

Run a function:

aws lambda invoke --function-name {{name}} {{path/to/response.json}}

Run a function with an input payload in JSON format:

aws lambda invoke --function-name {{name}} --payload {{json}} {{path/to/response.json}}

List functions:

aws lambda list-functions

Display the configuration of a function:

aws lambda get-function-configuration --function-name {{name}}

List function aliases:

aws lambda list-aliases --function-name {{name}}

Display the reserved concurrency configuration for a function:

aws lambda get-function-concurrency --function-name {{name}}

List which AWS services can invoke the function:

aws lambda get-policy --function-name {{name}}

Code Snippets

Run a function

aws lambda invoke --function-name {{name}} {{path/to/response.json}}

Run a function with an input payload in JSON format

aws lambda invoke --function-name {{name}} --payload {{json}} {{path/to/response.json}}

List functions

aws lambda list-functions

Display the configuration of a function

aws lambda get-function-configuration --function-name {{name}}

List function aliases

aws lambda list-aliases --function-name {{name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/aws lambda

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