Example to invoke AppSync from AWS Lambda

README.MD

How to access an AppSync Endpoint from a Lambda function

Setup in project

Run amplify add function and go thru the manual configuration and add access to other resources. Add API here. Run amplify update api if you have a project already setup and configure IAM as an additional auth mode.

Setup in schema.graphql

Add the authorization as following to your type definition:

type Something
  @model
  @auth(
    rules: [
      { allow: private, provider: iam }
    ]
  ) {
  id: ID!
  something: String
}

This allows Lambda to fetch from this type.

Setup in lambda

• Open the terminal in the amplify/backend/function/(nameOfYourFunction)/src directory in your newly created Lambda function.
• Run npm install appsync-client graphql-tag

Change the code as you find in this gist's JavaScript file.

When you are done setting up your Lambda function to your desired result run amplify push to push your Lambda function to the AWS Cloud.

graphql.js

exports.getSomething = /* GraphQL */ `
  query GetSomething($id: ID!) {
    getSomething(id: $id) {
      id
      someField
    }
  }
`;

index.js

/* Amplify Params - DO NOT EDIT
  * Note: This will be auto generated for you by the CLI!
	API_APINAME_GRAPHQLAPIENDPOINTOUTPUT
	API_APINAME_GRAPHQLAPIIDOUTPUT
	ENV
	REGION
Amplify Params - DO NOT EDIT */

const AppSyncClient = require('appsync-client').default
const gql = require('graphql-tag')
const config = {
  apiUrl: process.env.API_APINAME_GRAPHQLAPIENDPOINTOUTPUT // Change the GraphQL Endpoint to your environment, which you can find in the Amplify Params 
}
const client = new AppSyncClient(config)

const { getSomething } = require("./graphql.js"); // graphql.js exports the GraphQL query

const querySomething = async (id) => { // Example function
  try {
    const result = await client.request({
      query: gql(getSomething), // use your graphql query here
      variables: {
        input: {
          id
        }
      }
    })
    return result.getSomething;
  } catch (error) {
    console.log("Something went wrong in the querySomething function:", error)
  }
}

exports.handler = async (event) => {
  try {
    return await querySomething("someRandomId"); // You can also use the arguments / input from the event.
  } catch (error) {
    console.log("Something went wrong in the handler:", error)
  }
}

it worked, I just removed input from variables and passed the values directly.
Also, I just read, that we can access secretKey and accessKey in the lambda function, it doesn't show up in env variables.
Thanks, @renegoretzka for the package.

Hey! @renegoretzka, I think this package is not passing errors in the response. For eg.
If I am running this query:

mutation MyMutation( $displayName: String = "", $emailID: String = "", $userName: String = "",  ) {
  createUser(input:  {displayName: $displayName, emailID: $emailID,  userName: $userName}) {
    id
    userName
  }
}

from lambda I am getting :

{ createUser: null }

but in appsync console, with IAM authorization, i am getting this:

{
  "data": {
    "createUser": null
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "path": [
        "createUser"
      ],
      "data": null,
      "errorType": "Unauthorized",
      "errorInfo": null,
      "locations": [
        {
          "line": 8,
          "column": 3,
          "sourceName": null
        }
      ],
      "message": "Not Authorized to access createUser on type User"
    }
  ]
}

so it should pass errors, in order to throw or handle the case.

Can i also do an GraphQL Query via AppSync in a lambda that i created via cdk ? Or is it only for amplify lambda functions? I'm still trying to figure out how exactly amplify and cdk can work together..

My use case would be that I have a scheduled lambda that has to perform a graphql query to get data from dynamodb

Can somebody provide an example for how this is done with the AWS SDK for Javascript v3. The API has changed quite a bit and it is not straightforward on which class I should be using to create the request object.

Hi,

Currently I'm doing the same however I don't use IAM roles, I just use the api-key, that it will be possible to implement?