Powertools for AWS Lambda (TypeScript)

Powertools for AWS Lambda (TypeScript) is a developer toolkit to implement Serverless best practices and increase developer velocity.

You can use the library in both TypeScript and JavaScript code bases.

Also available in Python, Java, and .NET.

Documentation | npmjs.com | Roadmap | Examples

Features

Find the complete project's documentation here.

Tracer - Utilities to trace Lambda function handlers, and both synchronous and asynchronous functions
Logger - Structured logging made easier, and a middleware to enrich log items with key details of the Lambda context
Metrics - Custom Metrics created asynchronously via CloudWatch Embedded Metric Format (EMF)
Parameters - High-level functions to retrieve one or more parameters from AWS SSM Parameter Store, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS AppConfig, and Amazon DynamoDB
Idempotency - Class method decorator, Middy middleware, and function wrapper to make your Lambda functions idempotent and prevent duplicate execution based on payload content
Batch Processing - Utility to handle partial failures when processing batches from Amazon SQS, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, and Amazon DynamoDB Streams.
JMESPath Functions - Built-in JMESPath functions to easily deserialize common encoded JSON payloads in Lambda functions.
Parser (Zod) - Utility that provides data validation and parsing using Zod, a TypeScript-first schema declaration and validation library.

Install

You can use Powertools for AWS Lambda (TypeScript) by installing it with your favorite dependency management, or via Lambda Layers. All features are available as individual packages, so you can install only the ones you need, for example:

Logger: npm install @aws-lambda-powertools/logger
Metrics: npm install @aws-lambda-powertools/metrics
Tracer: npm install @aws-lambda-powertools/tracer
Parameters: npm install @aws-lambda-powertools/parameters @aws-sdk/client-ssm see documentation for other providers
Idempotency: npm install @aws-lambda-powertools/idempotency @aws-sdk/client-dynamodb @aws-sdk/lib-dynamodb
Batch: npm install @aws-lambda-powertools/batch
JMESPath Functions: npm install @aws-lambda-powertools/jmespath
Parser: npm install @aws-lambda-powertools/parser zod@~3

Examples

You can find examples of how to use Powertools for AWS Lambda (TypeScript) in the examples directory. The directory contains code snippets around certain features as well as an is a simple REST API application that can be deployed via either AWS CDK or AWS SAM.

Community-contributed examples:

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Becoming a reference customer

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The following companies, among others, use Powertools:

Sharing your work

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Using Lambda Layer

This helps us understand who uses Powertools for AWS Lambda (Typescript) in a non-intrusive way, and helps us gain future investments for other Powertools for AWS Lambda languages. When using Layers, you can add Powertools for AWS Lambda as a dev dependency to not impact the development process.

Credits

Structured logging initial implementation from aws-lambda-logging
Powertools for AWS Lambda idea DAZN Powertools

Connect

Powertools for AWS Lambda on Discord: #typescript - Invite link
Email: aws-powertools-maintainers@amazon.com

Security disclosures

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