Example function to run on AWS lambda

example_lambda_function.js

var https = require('https');

/**
 * Pass the Github user login as `event.login`. 
 * For more information see the HTTPS module documentation
 * at https://nodejs.org/api/https.html.
 *
 * Will succeed with a custom body containing just the user's name and public repos
 */
exports.handler = function(event, context) {
    var options = {
        hostname: "api.github.com",
        path: "/users/" + event.login,
        headers: {
            "User-Agent": "lambda test 0.0.1"
        }
    };
    var req = https.request(options, function(res) {
        var body = '';
        console.log('Status:', res.statusCode);
        console.log('Headers:', JSON.stringify(res.headers));
        res.setEncoding('utf8');
        res.on('data', function(chunk) {
            body += chunk;
        });
        res.on('end', function() {
            console.log('Successfully processed HTTPS response');
            body = JSON.parse(body);
            
            context.succeed({
                name: body.name,
                public_repos: body.public_repos
            });
        });
    });
    req.on('error', context.fail);
    req.write(JSON.stringify(event.login));
    req.end();
};