AWS: How to get one lambda to trigger another lambda

Chris Mendez -

This lambda will trigger the second lambda.

Step 1 - Configure IAM

First create an IAM role that will allow you to not only trigger a lambda but also allow one lambda to trigger another lambda.

My role will be named role-lambda-basic-execution.

Step 2 - Create Lambda Function #1

This lambda function is actually pretty handy. If you provide it with an IP address, it will respond back with the geo location (lat, lng). I will name it TrackIp.

The code is written in ECMA Script 6 for Node v8.10.


exports.handler = async (event) => {
    // TODO implement
    return 'Hello from Lambda!'
};

Step 3 - Create Lambda Function #2 (Caller)

Similar to the functin above, I will create a new method named caller.

var aws = require('aws-sdk');
var lambda = new aws.Lambda({
  region: 'us-west-2' //change to your region
});

exports.handler = async (event, context, callback) => {
    lambda.invoke({
      FunctionName: 'arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:xxxxxx:function:TrackIP',
      Payload: JSON.stringify(event, null, 2) 
    }, function(error, data) {
      if (error) {
        context.done('error', error);
      }
      if(data.Payload){
       context.succeed(data.Payload)
      }
    });
};

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