Ruby aws lambda bff 03 01 2019.
Aws lambda ruby on rails.
That makes it easy to interact with the aws resources directly from your functions.
The processing includes ocr creating preview images splicing the pdf and more.
Essentially jets functions as a framework similar to rails but now that aws lambda supports ruby functions it allows you to build serverless applications.
This article is part of our ruby on aws lambda blog series.
When ruby support on aws lambda was announced yesterday i was so excited about it that i had to try it right away.
These events range from making an api call to saving a file to updating a database.
Moving to lambda reduced processing time by 300 in some cases.
The aws sdk for ruby is included in the lambda execution environment by default.
Today aws is excited to announce ruby as a supported language for aws lambda.
Now it s possible to write lambda functions as idiomatic ruby code and run them on aws.
You only pay for the execution of the function.
We ve been using lambda for a while at honeybadger and i have longed to be able to write our functions in ruby.
A recent project had us migrating an existing pdf document processing system from rails sidekiq to aws lambda.
Aws lambda is a function as a service platform that stores and executes your code when triggered by an amazon web service aws event.
Parallelization for the win.
Having played with the new ruby support for a few hours i m feeling confident we ll be spending less time with node go and python.