I have a basic MongoDB Atlas trigger in NodeJS :
exports = function(changeEvent) {
// Make an http request
};
My goal is to call an AWS lambda function from this trigger, so i would like to know the syntax to make a basic GET request to a specific endpoint from the NodeJS code.
EDIT :
I am unable to run axios, the dependency is indeed installed but the get method doesn't seem to exist.
NPM to install axios in your node js app -> npm i axios
i have put data key in axios to send some data to another server if needed:
const axios = require("axios");
async function Api() {
const response = await axios.get("url",{
headers : {
"Content-Type" : "application/json"
},
data : {name : "someName"}
})
//receive data from request
console.log(response.data);
return response.data;
}
Api()
default. I have no package.json since i am in Atlas triggerFirst of all, for Lambda functions you will be better off with Event Bridge which is designed exactly for this purpose and utilizes native AWS services directly.
Secondly, you cannot trigger lambda directly without exposing aws console credentials. The better option is to set up an API gateway which accepts http requests and triggers the lambda.
Finally, assuming the API gateway is already there, the Atlas trigger would be as simple as:
exports = async function(changeEvent) {
const requests=require("requests");
return await requests("<API gateway url>", {method: "POST", data:{changeEvent}});
};
UPDATE
Syntax for axios version:
exports = async function(changeEvent) {
const axios = require('axios');
return axios.default.post('<API gateway url>',changeEvent);
};
requests module seems to not be built in : FunctionError: Cannot find module 'requests'console.log the output json of this request please ? I am unable to find any documentation of this module, only the request package that has been depecrated. Is it the official way to make http requests in Node JS ?
fetch awailble natively soon. EventBridge is still a better option - you will have all logs in your cloudWatch. console.log still works, you just don't have access to read the logs for Atlas-owned triggers.default attribute.