How to use Handlebars in an AWS Lambda function

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Handlebars is a popular templating library that can be used to generate dynamic HTML pages. You can use Handlebars in an AWS Lambda function by following these steps:

  1. Create an AWS Lambda function: To start, you need to create an AWS Lambda function in which you will write your code.
  2. Install Handlebars: To use Handlebars in your Lambda function, you need to install it as a dependency. You can do this by adding handlebars to the dependencies section of your project’s package.json file and running npm install.
  3. Load the Handlebars library: In your Lambda function code, you need to load the Handlebars library. You can do this by including the following code:
const handlebars = require('handlebars');
  1. Compile a Handlebars template: To use Handlebars, you first need to compile a Handlebars template that specifies the structure of your HTML page. You can do this by using the following code:
const template = handlebars.compile(`
<html>
  <head>
    <title>My Page</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello, {{name}}!</h1>
  </body>
</html>
`);
  1. Render the template: To render the template, you need to pass in an object that provides the values for the template’s variables. You can do this by using the following code:
const html = template({ name: 'AWS Lambda' });
  1. Return the generated HTML: Finally, you need to return the generated HTML from your Lambda function. You can do this by including the following code:
exports.handler = async (event) => {
  return {
    statusCode: 200,
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' },
    body: html,
  };
};
  1. Deploy the function: After you have written your code, you need to deploy your Lambda function to AWS. You can do this using the AWS CLI or the AWS Management Console.

These are the basic steps for using Handlebars in an AWS Lambda function. You can customize this code to meet the specific needs of your application.

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Andrés Canavesi
Andrés Canavesi

Software Engineer with 15+ experience in software development, specialized in Salesforce, Java and Node.js.


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