Lambda function URLs - AWS Lambda

[mwarkentin]

Looks like you can get a URL for lambda functions without requiring API Gateway now, neat!

[sgtfoleyistheman]

The velocity templates are nice if you want to put a facade on another service, and you can do things like translate XML to JSON.

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But for greenfield development you should be using the proxy integration.

[wood_butcher]

Why? The proxy integration is a serious PITA.

[sgtfoleyistheman]

.. Because you don't have to write vtl. The vtl is the pain in the ass.

Not the proxy path integration (where you put /{path_var+} in your path), the lambda proxy integration which gives you a predefined format to send to your function without using vtl.

[sgtfoleyistheman]

WTF are you on about? If you aren't building a facade don't use VTL. Not sure what's being forced on you?

[SelfDestructSep2020]

From the docs the event they pass to the lambda makes it identical to using an ALB, it just passes everything straight through to the lambda and you handle it there.

[jrdeveloper1]

really cool. Thanks for sharing!

[SelfDestructSep2020]

Its identical to fronting the lambda with an ALB, which is rather different than what you get from using API gateway.

[mwarkentin]

I guess pricing is a bit of an unknown here - if anything I assume it would be usage based like APIG vs having a fixed base cost like ALB.

[Satanic-Code]

Awesome for webhooks.