aws-sdk

What is aws-sdk?

The aws-sdk npm package is the official AWS SDK for JavaScript, providing JavaScript objects for AWS services including Amazon S3, EC2, DynamoDB, and more. It allows developers to interact with AWS services programmatically, enabling them to build scalable solutions with AWS infrastructure.

What are aws-sdk's main functionalities?

Interacting with Amazon S3

This code sample demonstrates how to retrieve an object from an Amazon S3 bucket using the aws-sdk.

{"const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
const s3 = new AWS.S3();
const params = { Bucket: 'myBucket', Key: 'myKey' };
s3.getObject(params, function(err, data) {
  if (err) console.log(err, err.stack);
  else console.log(data);
});"}

Managing EC2 Instances

This code sample shows how to describe EC2 instances, providing information about instances running in your AWS account.

{"const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
const ec2 = new AWS.EC2();
const params = { InstanceIds: ['i-1234567890abcdef0'] };
ec2.describeInstances(params, function(err, data) {
  if (err) console.log(err, err.stack);
  else console.log(data);
});"}

Working with DynamoDB

This code sample illustrates how to retrieve an item from a DynamoDB table using the aws-sdk.

{"const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
const dynamoDB = new AWS.DynamoDB();
const params = {
  TableName: 'myTable',
  Key: {
    'myKey': { S: 'myKeyValue' }
  }
};
dynamoDB.getItem(params, function(err, data) {
  if (err) console.log(err, err.stack);
  else console.log(data);
});"}

Other packages similar to aws-sdk

google-cloud

The google-cloud package is a client library for accessing Google Cloud services similar to how aws-sdk accesses AWS services. It supports services like Google Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and more. While aws-sdk is specific to AWS, google-cloud is tailored for Google Cloud Platform.

ali-oss

The ali-oss package is an SDK for Alibaba Cloud's OSS (Object Storage Service). It offers a subset of the features provided by aws-sdk, but specifically for Alibaba Cloud's storage service. It's a more specialized tool compared to the broad service coverage of aws-sdk.

README

AWS SDK for JavaScript

The official AWS SDK for JavaScript, available for browsers and mobile devices, or Node.js backends

Release notes can be found at http://aws.amazon.com/releasenotes/SDK/JavaScript

If you are upgrading from 1.x to 2.0 of the SDK, please see the {file:UPGRADING.md} notes for information on how to migrate existing code to work with the new major version.

Installing

In the Browser

To use the SDK in the browser, simply add the following script tag to your HTML pages:

<script src="https://sdk.amazonaws.com/js/aws-sdk-2.0.0.min.js"></script>

In Node.js

The preferred way to install the AWS SDK for Node.js is to use the npm package manager for Node.js. Simply type the following into a terminal window:

npm install aws-sdk

Usage and Getting Started

You can find a getting started guide at:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/guide/

Supported Services

Note: Although all services are supported in the browser version of the SDK, not all of the services are available in the default hosted build (using the script tag provided above). A list of services in the hosted build are provided in the "Working With Services" section of the browser SDK guide, including instructions on how to build a custom version of the SDK with extra services.

The SDK currently supports the following services:

Service Name	Class Name	API Version
Amazon CloudFront	AWS.CloudFront	2012-05-05
2013-11-11
Amazon CloudSearch	AWS.CloudSearch	2011-02-01
2013-01-01
Amazon CloudWatch	AWS.CloudWatch	2010-08-01
Amazon DynamoDB	AWS.DynamoDB	2011-12-05
2012-08-10
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud	AWS.EC2	2014-05-01
Amazon Elastic MapReduce	AWS.EMR	2009-03-31
Amazon Elastic Transcoder	AWS.ElasticTranscoder	2012-09-25
Amazon ElastiCache	AWS.ElastiCache	2014-03-24
Amazon Glacier	AWS.Glacier	2012-06-01
Amazon Kinesis	AWS.Kinesis	2013-12-02
Amazon Redshift	AWS.Redshift	2012-12-01
Amazon Relational Database Service	AWS.RDS	2013-01-10
2013-02-12
2013-09-09
Amazon Route 53	AWS.Route53	2013-04-01
Amazon Simple Email Service	AWS.SES	2010-12-01
Amazon Simple Notification Service	AWS.SNS	2010-03-31
Amazon Simple Queue Service	AWS.SQS	2012-11-05
Amazon Simple Storage Service	AWS.S3	2006-03-01
Amazon Simple Workflow Service	AWS.SimpleWorkflow	2012-01-25
Amazon SimpleDB	AWS.SimpleDB	2009-04-15
Auto Scaling	AWS.AutoScaling	2011-01-01
AWS CloudFormation	AWS.CloudFormation	2010-05-15
AWS CloudTrail	AWS.CloudTrail	2013-11-01
AWS Data Pipeline	AWS.DataPipeline	2012-10-29
AWS Direct Connect	AWS.DirectConnect	2012-10-25
AWS Elastic Beanstalk	AWS.ElasticBeanstalk	2010-12-01
AWS Identity and Access Management	AWS.IAM	2010-05-08
AWS Import/Export	AWS.ImportExport	2010-06-01
AWS OpsWorks	AWS.OpsWorks	2013-02-18
AWS Security Token Service	AWS.STS	2011-06-15
AWS Storage Gateway	AWS.StorageGateway	2012-06-30
2013-06-30
AWS Support	AWS.Support	2013-04-15
Elastic Load Balancing	AWS.ELB	2012-06-01

License

This SDK is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt for more information.