aws-sdk-wrap

AWS SDK Wrap

Wrapper around aws-sdk.

Why

When dealing with the aws-sdk a lot, some calls become very repetitive and achieving code coverage becomes tiresome. This wrapper abstracts some of the repetitive logic.

Some examples of repetitive logic are:

• having to call .promise()
• handling of expected errors
• logging of unexpected errors

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save aws-sdk-wrap

Ensure required peer dependencies are available.

Usage

const aws = require('aws-sdk-wrap')();

aws
  .call('s3:putObject', { /* ... */ })
  .then(/* ... */)
  .catch(/* ... */);

where the first parameter is the service, the second parameter is the method and the third parameter are the "params" passed into the call.

Services are lazily initialized on first access.

One can access an aws-sdk service directly by calling e.g. aws.get('s3').

Methods

call(action: String, params: Object = {}, options: Object = {})

The action is of the format path.to.service:functionName.

Gets the service from the underlying aws-sdk and initialize it with the available config iff the service is not initialized yet. Then calls the function with the passed params (which needs to contain the appropriate parameters for the function).

The available call options are detailed below.

get(serviceName: String)

Get the service from the underlying aws-sdk without initializing it. Possible to access nested paths.

updateGlobalConfig(config: Object)

Updates the global aws config of the underlying aws-sdk via AWS.config.update. In most cases this should not be necessary to use.

sqs.sendMessageBatch({ messages: Array, queueUrl: String /* ... other options ... */ })

Splits messages into groups and calls sqs.SendMessageBatch for every group. Batch sizes can be modified by the batchSize option. Failed calls will be retried up to the maxRetries option. The available sendMessageBatch options are detailed below.

sqs.getDeadLetterQueueUrl({ queueUrl })

Return the Dead Letter Queue Url configured for the passed queue url

sqs.QueueProcessor({ queueUrls: String[], stepsDir: String, ingestSteps: String[] })

Initialize a queue processor lambda handler with steps. Steps need to be defined in the steps directory as separate STEPNAME.js files. Each queueUrl used by a step must be defined in queueUrls.

Each step should export:

• schema<Joi>: Joi schema
• handler<function(payload, event, stepContext): steps>: execution logic ingesting payload and event
• next: array of next possible steps
• queueUrl: the queue that the step is ingested into
• delay = 0 (optional): the amount of seconds that the message is delayed, defaults to undefined, i.e. the queue default
• retry = null (optional): Declare object that is then used to instantiate RetryError internally
• timeout = 900 (optional): Timeout for individual step. Should allow for extra overhead for message management / processing and account for concurrency.
• groupIdFunction = undefined (optional): Generator function for the groupId. Takes step payload as parameter
• before<function(stepContext, payloads[]): steps> (optional): called before first step is executed
• after<function(stepContext): steps> (optional):

The schema needs to define the event name under name. New events that are to be re-queued into the queue need to be returned from the handler, before or after function as an array.

Exposes:

• ingest: Method used to seed queue. Note that messages generated inside a step should simply be returned from that step.
• handler: Lambda function handler that is triggered by sqs
• digraph: Visualize flow using viz-js.com.

Please see tests for example.

sqs.errors

• RetryError: Can be thrown from step logic or declared on step to trigger (code) retry logic

sqs.prepareMessage(msg: Object, opts: Object)

Prepare message object with options. Currently options include:

• delaySeconds (integer): used to set the delay for a specific message. Supersedes the corresponding batch option.
• groupId (string): group id for the message, can only be set for steps that do not define groupIdFunction
• urgent (boolean): message is immediately enqueued if returned from before or handler, instead of at the very end

s3.putGzipObject({ bucket: String, key: String, data: Object })

Adds an object to an Amazon S3 bucket gzipped. Uses s3:putObject.

s3.getGzipJsonObject({ bucket: String, key: String, expectedErrorCodes: [String] })

Retrieves objects from Amazon S3, expecting it to be gzipped. Uses s3:getObject.

s3.headObject({ bucket: String, key: String, expectedErrorCodes: [String] })

Retrieves only the metadata from an object in an Amazon S3 bucket. Uses s3:headObject.

s3.deleteObject({ bucket: String, key: String })

Delete object from an Amazon S3 bucket at key. Uses s3:deleteObject.

s3.listObjects({ bucket: String, limit: Number, startAfter: String, stopAfter: String, prefix: String })

List objects keys in an Amazon S3 bucket. Internally this pages until the limit is reached or no more keys are available. Uses s3:listObjectsV2.

• stopAfter: If provided paging is stopped if the last key returned is larger or equal to this parameter. Only appropriate keys are then returned.

s3.decodeKey(key: String)

Returns a non-ASCII key representation for an encoded s3 key. Useful to obtain the not-encoded key representation after calling listObjects.

dy.Model({ name: String, attributes: Object, indices: Object, onNotFound: Function, onUpdate: Function, onCreate: Function })

Options details:

• onNotFound (Function): Return value is returned from corresponding function. Return value is returned from corresponding function.
• onUpdate (Function): Executed after an item is updated successfully.
• onCreate (Function): Executed after an item is created successfully. Instantiates Model.
  Internally uses dynamodb-toolbox

dy.Model().createOrModify(item: Object, opts: Object)

Creates entry if key does not exist. Otherwise updates the item.
Options include (all optional):

• conditions (Object|Array): Conditions that must be met for operation to succeed.
• expectedErrorCodes (Array): Provide string list of expected AWS error codes. Promise succeeds on expected error with error code as string.
• toReturn (Array): Fields to return on item.

Internally uses update

dy.Model().createOrReplace(item: Object, opts: Object)

Creates entry if key does not exist. Otherwise replaces entire entry if item exists.
Options include (all optional):

• conditions (Object|Array): Conditions that must be met for operation to succeed.
• expectedErrorCodes (Array): Provide string list of expected AWS error codes. Promise succeeds on expected error with error code as string.
• toReturn (Array): Fields to return on item.

Internally uses put

dy.Model().modify(item: Object, opts: Object)

Edits an existing item's attributes. Can only update an item if it exists.
Options include (all optional):

• conditions (Object|Array): Conditions that must be met for operation to succeed.
• onNotFound (Function): Overrides Model onNotFound function.
• expectedErrorCodes (Array): Provide string list of expected AWS error codes. Promise succeeds on expected error with error code as string.
• toReturn (Array): Fields to return on item.

Internally uses update

dy.Model().delete(key: Object, opts: Object)

Deletes an item. Can only delete an item if it exists.
Options include (all optional):

• conditions (Object|Array): Conditions that must be met for operation to succeed.
• onNotFound (Function): Overrides Model onNotFound function.
• expectedErrorCodes (Array): Provide string list of expected AWS error codes. Promise succeeds on expected error with error code as string.
• toReturn (Array): Fields to return on item.

Internally uses delete

dy.Model().getItem(key: String, opts: Object)

Returns entry or null if not found.
Options include (all optional):

• toReturn (Array): Fields to return.
• onNotFound (Function): Overrides Model onNotFound function.

Internally uses get

dy.Model().create(item: Object, opts: Object)

Creates entry if key does not exist. Otherwise errors.
Options include (all optional):

• conditions (Object|Array): Conditions that must be met for operation to succeed.
• onAlreadyExists (Function): Overrides Model onAlreadyExists function.
• expectedErrorCodes (Array): Provide string list of expected AWS error codes. Promise succeeds on expected error with error code as string.
• toReturn (Array): Fields to return on item.

Internally uses put

dy.Model().query(key: String, opts: Object)

Pages through table based on primary key values.
Options include (all optional):

• index (String): Index name.
• limit (Array): Maximum number of items to retrieve. If set to null, will exhaustively paginate.
• consistent (Boolean): Enables ConsistentRead.
• conditions (Object): Conditions that must be met for operation to succeed.
• filters (Object): Conditions to filter the query results after execution (still executed on AWS).
• toReturn (Array): Fields to return.
• cursor (String): Cursor to page through query results.

Internally uses query

dy.Model().replace(item: Object, opts: Object)

Replaces entire entry if item exists. Otherwise errors.
Options include (all optional):

• conditions (Object|Array): Conditions that must be met for operation to succeed.
• onNotFound (Function): Overrides Model onNotFound function.
• expectedErrorCodes (Array): Provide string list of expected AWS error codes. Promise succeeds on expected error with error code as string.
• toReturn (Array): Fields to return on item.

Internally uses put

dy.Model().scan(opts: Object)

Scans through every item in a table or secondary index.
Options include (all optional):

• index (String): Index name.
• limit (Array): Maximum number of items to retrieve.
• consistent (Boolean): Enables ConsistentRead.
• toReturn (Array): Fields to return.
• lastEvaluatedKey (Object): Primary key of first item to be evaluated by operation.

Internally uses scan

dy.Model().schema

Returns subset of cloudformation template.

Init Options

logger

Type: Logger
Default: null

Provide logger. E.g. logplease or lambda-rollbar.

When an unexpected error is risen, information is logged using .error(...).

config

Type: Object
Default: {}

AWS Config object used to initialize the service.

This only affects initialized services. To update the global AWS config use updateGlobalConfig.

configService

Type: Object
Default: {}

Declare service specific configurations. E.g. configService = { dynamodb: { ... } }.

Call Options

expectedErrorCodes

Type: list
Default: []

Provide string list of expected AWS error codes. Promise succeeds on expected error with error code as string.

SendMessageBatch Options

batchSize

Type: integer
Default: 10

Specify the size of each batch that will be sent. Should never exceed 10.

maxRetries

Type: integer
Default: 10

Number of times to retry any failed requests.

backoffFunction

Type: Function
Default: (count) => 30 * (count ** 2)

The length of time the function will wait after each failed request before retrying.

delaySeconds

Type: integer
Default: null

Set DelaySeconds option.