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Invoke a Lambda function from an Amazon SQS trigger

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Invoke a Lambda function from an Amazon SQS trigger - AWS Lambda

The following code examples show how to implement a Lambda function that receives an event triggered by receiving messages from an SQS queue. The function retrieves the messages from the event parameter and logs the content of each message.

.NET
AWS SDK for .NET
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Serverless examples repository.

Consuming an SQS event with Lambda using .NET.

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 using Amazon.Lambda.Core; using Amazon.Lambda.SQSEvents; // Assembly attribute to enable the Lambda function's JSON input to be converted into a .NET class. [assembly: LambdaSerializer(typeof(Amazon.Lambda.Serialization.SystemTextJson.DefaultLambdaJsonSerializer))] namespace SqsIntegrationSampleCode { public async Task FunctionHandler(SQSEvent evnt, ILambdaContext context) { foreach (var message in evnt.Records) { await ProcessMessageAsync(message, context); } context.Logger.LogInformation("done"); } private async Task ProcessMessageAsync(SQSEvent.SQSMessage message, ILambdaContext context) { try { context.Logger.LogInformation($"Processed message {message.Body}"); // TODO: Do interesting work based on the new message await Task.CompletedTask; } catch (Exception e) { //You can use Dead Letter Queue to handle failures. By configuring a Lambda DLQ. context.Logger.LogError($"An error occurred"); throw; } } }
Go
SDK for Go V2
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Serverless examples repository.

Consuming an SQS event with Lambda using Go.

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 package integration_sqs_to_lambda import ( "fmt" "github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go/events" "github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go/lambda" ) func handler(event events.SQSEvent) error { for _, record := range event.Records { err := processMessage(record) if err != nil { return err } } fmt.Println("done") return nil } func processMessage(record events.SQSMessage) error { fmt.Printf("Processed message %s\n", record.Body) // TODO: Do interesting work based on the new message return nil } func main() { lambda.Start(handler) }
Java
SDK for Java 2.x
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Serverless examples repository.

Consuming an SQS event with Lambda using Java.

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.Context; import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.RequestHandler; import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.events.SQSEvent; import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.events.SQSEvent.SQSMessage; public class Function implements RequestHandler<SQSEvent, Void> { @Override public Void handleRequest(SQSEvent sqsEvent, Context context) { for (SQSMessage msg : sqsEvent.getRecords()) { processMessage(msg, context); } context.getLogger().log("done"); return null; } private void processMessage(SQSMessage msg, Context context) { try { context.getLogger().log("Processed message " + msg.getBody()); // TODO: Do interesting work based on the new message } catch (Exception e) { context.getLogger().log("An error occurred"); throw e; } } }
JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Serverless examples repository.

Consuming an SQS event with Lambda using JavaScript.

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 exports.handler = async (event, context) => { for (const message of event.Records) { await processMessageAsync(message); } console.info("done"); }; async function processMessageAsync(message) { try { console.log(`Processed message ${message.body}`); // TODO: Do interesting work based on the new message await Promise.resolve(1); //Placeholder for actual async work } catch (err) { console.error("An error occurred"); throw err; } }

Consuming an SQS event with Lambda using TypeScript.

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 import { SQSEvent, Context, SQSHandler, SQSRecord } from "aws-lambda"; export const functionHandler: SQSHandler = async ( event: SQSEvent, context: Context ): Promise<void> => { for (const message of event.Records) { await processMessageAsync(message); } console.info("done"); }; async function processMessageAsync(message: SQSRecord): Promise<any> { try { console.log(`Processed message ${message.body}`); // TODO: Do interesting work based on the new message await Promise.resolve(1); //Placeholder for actual async work } catch (err) { console.error("An error occurred"); throw err; } }
PHP
SDK for PHP
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Serverless examples repository.

Consuming an SQS event with Lambda using PHP.

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 <?php # using bref/bref and bref/logger for simplicity use Bref\Context\Context; use Bref\Event\InvalidLambdaEvent; use Bref\Event\Sqs\SqsEvent; use Bref\Event\Sqs\SqsHandler; use Bref\Logger\StderrLogger; require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php'; class Handler extends SqsHandler { private StderrLogger $logger; public function __construct(StderrLogger $logger) { $this->logger = $logger; } /** * @throws InvalidLambdaEvent */ public function handleSqs(SqsEvent $event, Context $context): void { foreach ($event->getRecords() as $record) { $body = $record->getBody(); // TODO: Do interesting work based on the new message } } } $logger = new StderrLogger(); return new Handler($logger);
Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Serverless examples repository.

Consuming an SQS event with Lambda using Python.

# Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 def lambda_handler(event, context): for message in event['Records']: process_message(message) print("done") def process_message(message): try: print(f"Processed message {message['body']}") # TODO: Do interesting work based on the new message except Exception as err: print("An error occurred") raise err
Ruby
SDK for Ruby
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Serverless examples repository.

Consuming an SQS event with Lambda using Ruby.

# Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 def lambda_handler(event:, context:) event['Records'].each do |message| process_message(message) end puts "done" end def process_message(message) begin puts "Processed message #{message['body']}" # TODO: Do interesting work based on the new message rescue StandardError => err puts "An error occurred" raise err end end
Rust
SDK for Rust
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Serverless examples repository.

Consuming an SQS event with Lambda using Rust.

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 use aws_lambda_events::event::sqs::SqsEvent; use lambda_runtime::{run, service_fn, Error, LambdaEvent}; async fn function_handler(event: LambdaEvent<SqsEvent>) -> Result<(), Error> { event.payload.records.iter().for_each(|record| { // process the record tracing::info!("Message body: {}", record.body.as_deref().unwrap_or_default()) }); Ok(()) } #[tokio::main] async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> { tracing_subscriber::fmt() .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO) // disable printing the name of the module in every log line. .with_target(false) // disabling time is handy because CloudWatch will add the ingestion time. .without_time() .init(); run(service_fn(function_handler)).await }
AWS SDK for .NET
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Serverless examples repository.

Consuming an SQS event with Lambda using .NET.

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 using Amazon.Lambda.Core; using Amazon.Lambda.SQSEvents; // Assembly attribute to enable the Lambda function's JSON input to be converted into a .NET class. [assembly: LambdaSerializer(typeof(Amazon.Lambda.Serialization.SystemTextJson.DefaultLambdaJsonSerializer))] namespace SqsIntegrationSampleCode { public async Task FunctionHandler(SQSEvent evnt, ILambdaContext context) { foreach (var message in evnt.Records) { await ProcessMessageAsync(message, context); } context.Logger.LogInformation("done"); } private async Task ProcessMessageAsync(SQSEvent.SQSMessage message, ILambdaContext context) { try { context.Logger.LogInformation($"Processed message {message.Body}"); // TODO: Do interesting work based on the new message await Task.CompletedTask; } catch (Exception e) { //You can use Dead Letter Queue to handle failures. By configuring a Lambda DLQ. context.Logger.LogError($"An error occurred"); throw; } } }

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using Lambda with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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