faasr

Function as a Service Request

npm install faasr

AWS Lambda support only currently

Getting Started

import faasr from 'faasr'

// setup your faasr instance with your lambda service params
const myFaasr = faasr({
  service: { 
    region: 'us-west-2' 
  }
})

// set the function name you want to use 
const getThings = myFaasr('get-things', { InvocationType: 'Event' })

// pass the payload and get the response
getThings.request({ id: 1 })
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.log(error))

Faasr Request lifecycle

Given a full configuration, this is the lifecycle of a Faasr request.

• Merge default request params with function override params
• Transform the request params
• Invoke the request to the service
• If result is successful
  • Transform the response
  • If error is thrown in the response transform, the request results in an error
    • Transform the error
• If result is an error
  • Transform the error

const myService = faasr({
  service: { region: 'us-east-1' },

  defaultParams: { LogType: 'Tail }

  transformRequest(requestParams) {
    return {
      ...requestParams,
      Payload: JSON.stringify(requestParams.Payload)
    }
  },

  transformResponse(response, requestParams) {
    return {
      ...requestParams,
      Payload: JSON.stringify(requestParams.Payload)
    }
  },

  transformError(error, requestParams) {
    throw new Error(`Error with your request to ${requestParams.FunctionName}: ${error.message}`)
  },
})

Configuration

The faasr environment

faasr({

  // faas service to use
  service: {
    type: 'lambda',
    region: 'us-west-2'
  }, 

  // default request params for all requests
  defaultParams: {
    LogType: 'Tail',
  },

  transformRequest(requestParams) {
    return {
      ...requestParams,
      Payload: JSON.stringify(requestParams.Payload)
    }
  },

  // transformation of all successful responses
  transformResponse(response, requestParams) {
    // throw if response status is an error 
    if (response.status !== 200) {
      throw response
    }

    return response
  }

  // transformation of all errors resulting
  transformResponse(error, requestParams) {
    if (error.status === 500) {
      throw new Error(`Internal server error: ${JSON.stringify(error)}``)
    }

    throw error
  }
})

Faas Services

Lambda is the only supported service at this time. When configuring your service object, include the settings you would need to create a new lambda instance.

faasr({
  service: {
    region: 'us-east-1'
  }
})

Default parameters

All your service requests can begin with a standard set of default parameters by setting the defaultParams configuration.

Example

Changing the log type for all the requests in your application.

faasr({
  service: {
    region: 'us-east-1'
  },
  defaultParams: {
    LogType: 'Tail'
  }
})

transformRequest(requestParams)

You may want to normalize and adjust all the request params that flow through your application's service requests. This can be done through the transformRequst option when building your faasr environment.

Example

Replacing a function's name based on the environment it is called in, and setting the LogType to Tail.

import faasr from 'faasr'

const myFaasr = faasr({
  service: { 
    type: 'lambda', 
    region: 'us-west-2' 
  },
  transformRequest(requestParams) {
    return {
      ...requestParams,
      FunctionName: requestParams.FunctionName.replace('{ENV}', 'prod'),
      Payload: JSON.stringify(requestParams.Payload)
    }
  },
})

transformResponse(response, requestParams)

You may want to normalize and adjust all the responses that flow through your application's service requests. This can be done through the transformResponse option when building your faasr environment. The parameters that were sent for the request are provided as a second argument to help tailor the result.

If you throw an error within the transformResponse, the faasr request will register the error and you will end up with an error result.

Example

Add additional data for certain status codes

import faasr from 'faasr'

const myFaasr = faasr({
  service: { 
    type: 'lambda', 
    region: 'us-west-2' 
  },
  transformResponse(response, requestParams) {
    if (response.status === 418) {
      response.teapot = true
    }

    return response 
  },
})

transformError(error, requestParams)

You may want to normalize and adjust all the errors that flow through your application's service requests. This can be done through the transformError option when building your faasr environment. The parameters that were sent for the request are provided as a second argument to help tailor the error.

Example

Add additional data for certain status codes

import faasr from 'faasr'

const myFaasr = faasr({
  service: { 
    type: 'lambda', 
    region: 'us-west-2' 
  },
  transformError(error, requestParams) {
    if (error.status === 418) {
      response.teapot = true
    }

    return  
  },
})

Creating requests - faasrEndpoint(functionName, overrideParams)

After setting up your environment configuration as outlined, you are ready to create your service calls. Creating a service call is as easy as providing the function name of the request you are making.

// faasr environment
const myFaasr =  faasr({ ... })

// your endpoint - a reusable func
const myFunction = myFaasr('your-function-name')

Once you have your function setup, you can make request to your function and pass in a payload to accompany the request. For lambda, this will serve as the Payload parameter of the request. This request returns a promise by which you can handle the success or error that results.

// your request 
myFunction.request({ id: 1 })
  .then(res => { 
     // do something with response 
   })
  .catch(error => { 
    // do something with error 
  })

You can create as many requests as needed with your faasr function instance.

const allRequests = [
  myFunction({ id: 1 }),
  myFunction({ id: 2 }),
  myFunction({ id: 3 }),
]

Promise.all(allRequests)
  .then((response) => {
     const [ 
       response1, 
       response2, 
       response3 
     ] = response
  })