Introducing

 

 

 

 

 

 

The stylish Node.js middleware engine

for AWS Lambda

middy.js.org

Luciano Mammino (@loige)

Munich, 9 Dec 2017

loige.link/middy-intro

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The problem with Lambdas

exports.myLambda = function (
    event,
    context,
    callback
) {

  // get input from event and context

  // use callback to return output or errors

}

Anatomy of a Node.js lambda on AWS

(event, context, callback) => {
  // decrypt environment variables with KMS
  // deserialize the content of the event
  // validate input, authentication, authorization
  
  // REAL BUSINESS LOGIC
  // (process input, generate output)
  
  // validate output
  // serialize response
  // handle errors
}

A typical "REAL" Lambda function

The solution

npm install middy

Usage

const middy = require('middy')
const { middleware1, middleware2, middleware3 } = require('middy/middlewares')

const originalHandler = (event, context, callback) => {
  /* your business logic */
}

const handler = middy(originalHandler)

handler
  .use(middleware1())
  .use(middleware2())
  .use(middleware3())

module.exports = { handler }

const middy = require('middy')
const { urlEncodedBodyParser, validator, httpErrorHandler } = require('middy/middlewares')

const processPaymentHandler = (event, context, callback) => {
  const { 
    creditCardNumber,
    expiryMonth,
    expiryYear,
    cvc,
    nameOnCard,
    amount
  } = event.body
  
  // do stuff with this data ...
  
  return callback(null,
    { result: 'success', message: 'payment processed correctly'}
  )
}

const inputSchema = {
 // define validation schema here ...
}

const handler = middy(processPaymentHandler)
  .use(urlEncodedBodyParser())
  .use(validator(inputSchema))
  .use(httpErrorHandler())

module.exports = { handler }

Why?

• Simplify code
• Reusability
  • input parsing
  • input & output validation
  • output serialization
  • error handling
  • ...
• Focus MORE on business logic

How it works

Execution order

1. middleware1 (before)
2. middleware2 (before)
3. middleware3 (before)
4. handler
5. middleware3 (after)
6. middleware2 (after)
7. middleware1 (after)

When an error happens...

• Flow is stopped
• First middleware implementing `onError` gets control
• It can choose to handle the error, or delegate it to the next handler
• If the error is handler a response is returned
• If the error is not handled the execution fails reporting the unhandled error

Writing a middleware

const myMiddleware = (config) => {
  
  // might set default options in config
  
  return ({
    before: (handler, next) => {
      // might read options from `config`
    },
    after: (handler, next) => {
      // might read options from `config`
    },
    onError: (handler, next) => {
      // might read options from `config`
    }
  })
}

module.exports = myMiddleware

Inline middlewares

const middy = require('middy')

const handler = middy((event, context, callback) => {
  // do stuff
})

handler.before((handler, next) => {
  // do something in the before phase
  next()
})

handler.after((handler, next) => {
  // do something in the after phase
  next()
})

handler.onError((handler, next) => {
  // do something in the on error phase
  next()
})

module.exports = { handler }

Currently availble middlewares

JSON Body Parser

Url Encoded Body Parser

Validator

HTTP Error Handler
CORS
S3 Key Normalizer

Do Not Wait for event loop

Support for async/await handlers (just return, don't need to use callback)

XML Body parser

API Gateway Event normalizer

In development

That's all folks

(for now!)

middy.js.org

THANKS!