I have an AWS api that proxies lamba functions. I currently use different endpoints with separate lambda functions:
api.com/getData --> getData
api.com/addData --> addData
api.com/signUp --> signUp
The process to manage all the endpoints and functions becomes cumbersome. Is there any disadvantage when I use a single endpoint to one lambda function which decides what to do based on the query string?
api.com/exec&func=getData --> exec --> if(params.func === 'getData') { ... }
It's perfectly valid to map multiple methods to a single lambda function and many people are using this methodology today as opposed to creating an api gateway resource and lambda function for each discrete method.
You might consider proxying all requests to a single function. Take a look at the following documentation on creating an API Gateway => Lambda proxy integration: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/api-gateway-set-up-simple-proxy.html
Their example is great here. A request like the following:
POST /testStage/hello/world?name=me HTTP/1.1
Host: gy415nuibc.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Content-Type: application/json
headerName: headerValue
{
"a": 1
}
Will wind up sending the following event data to your AWS Lambda function:
{
"message": "Hello me!",
"input": {
"resource": "/{proxy+}",
"path": "/hello/world",
"httpMethod": "POST",
"headers": {
"Accept": "*/*",
"Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"cache-control": "no-cache",
"CloudFront-Forwarded-Proto": "https",
"CloudFront-Is-Desktop-Viewer": "true",
"CloudFront-Is-Mobile-Viewer": "false",
"CloudFront-Is-SmartTV-Viewer": "false",
"CloudFront-Is-Tablet-Viewer": "false",
"CloudFront-Viewer-Country": "US",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"headerName": "headerValue",
"Host": "gy415nuibc.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
"Postman-Token": "9f583ef0-ed83-4a38-aef3-eb9ce3f7a57f",
"User-Agent": "PostmanRuntime/2.4.5",
"Via": "1.1 d98420743a69852491bbdea73f7680bd.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)",
"X-Amz-Cf-Id": "pn-PWIJc6thYnZm5P0NMgOUglL1DYtl0gdeJky8tqsg8iS_sgsKD1A==",
"X-Forwarded-For": "54.240.196.186, 54.182.214.83",
"X-Forwarded-Port": "443",
"X-Forwarded-Proto": "https"
},
"queryStringParameters": {
"name": "me"
},
"pathParameters": {
"proxy": "hello/world"
},
"stageVariables": {
"stageVariableName": "stageVariableValue"
},
"requestContext": {
"accountId": "12345678912",
"resourceId": "roq9wj",
"stage": "testStage",
"requestId": "deef4878-7910-11e6-8f14-25afc3e9ae33",
"identity": {
"cognitoIdentityPoolId": null,
"accountId": null,
"cognitoIdentityId": null,
"caller": null,
"apiKey": null,
"sourceIp": "192.168.196.186",
"cognitoAuthenticationType": null,
"cognitoAuthenticationProvider": null,
"userArn": null,
"userAgent": "PostmanRuntime/2.4.5",
"user": null
},
"resourcePath": "/{proxy+}",
"httpMethod": "POST",
"apiId": "gy415nuibc"
},
"body": "{\r\n\t\"a\": 1\r\n}",
"isBase64Encoded": false
}
}
Now you have access to all headers, url params, body etc. and you could use that to handle requests differently in a single Lambda function (basically implementing your own routing).
As an opinion I see some advantages and disadvantages to this approach. Many of them depend on your specific use case: