httpsGet

Ingredients

httpsGet

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What you will learn

AWS Lambda functions running Node.JS can make calls over the Internet to APIs and services using the https module included in Javascript.

For example, your function can define the following module:

var https = require('https');

You can make a GET call to a service such as:

https://cp6gckjt97.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/stateresource?usstate=New%20Jersey

You will need to break apart the web service URL into components as shown:

        var options = {
            host: 'cp6gckjt97.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
            port: 443,
            path: '/prod/stateresource?usstate=' + encodeURIComponent('New Jersey'),
            method: 'GET'
        };

This particular service returns a JSON object. Your code will need to parse and process the response data from your web service.

Sample response:

{"Name":"New Jersey","population":9000000,"rank":11}

Read the full documentation on Node.JS https including how to add options to define x509 certificate keys, if required.

Instructions for deploying this sample skill

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