@smithy/smithy-client

What is @smithy/smithy-client?

@smithy/smithy-client is a client library for interacting with AWS services. It provides a set of tools and utilities to build and manage HTTP clients for AWS services, making it easier to handle requests, responses, and errors.

What are @smithy/smithy-client's main functionalities?

Creating a Client

This feature allows you to create a new client instance to interact with AWS services. You can specify the region and credentials for authentication.

const { Client } = require('@smithy/smithy-client');

const client = new Client({
  region: 'us-west-2',
  credentials: {
    accessKeyId: 'your-access-key-id',
    secretAccessKey: 'your-secret-access-key'
  }
});

Making a Request

This feature allows you to make HTTP requests to AWS services. You can specify the hostname, path, and method for the request, and then send it using the client instance.

const { HttpRequest } = require('@smithy/smithy-client');

const request = new HttpRequest({
  hostname: 'service.amazonaws.com',
  path: '/path/to/resource',
  method: 'GET'
});

client.send(request).then(response => {
  console.log(response);
}).catch(error => {
  console.error(error);
});

Handling Responses

This feature allows you to handle responses from AWS services. You can check the status code and process the response body accordingly.

client.send(request).then(response => {
  if (response.statusCode === 200) {
    console.log('Success:', response.body);
  } else {
    console.log('Error:', response.statusCode, response.body);
  }
}).catch(error => {
  console.error('Request failed:', error);
});

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README

@smithy/smithy-client

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Usage

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