serverless/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/generate-event.md

AWS - Generate Event

Creates sample Lambda function payloads for different types of events.

serverless generate-event --type eventType

Options

• --type or -t The type of the event to generate payload for. Required.
• --body or -b The body for the message, request, or stream event.

Available event types

• aws:alexaSkill
• aws:alexaSmartHome
• aws:apiGateway
• aws:cloudWatch
• aws:cloudWatchLog
• aws:cognitoUserPool
• aws:dynamo
• aws:iot
• aws:kinesis
• aws:s3
• aws:sns
• aws:sqs
• aws:websocket

Examples

Generate SQS event payload

serverless generate-event -t aws:sqs

Generate Kinesis event payload with body

serverless generate-event -t aws:kinesis -b '{"foo": "bar"}'

Generate SQS event and save it to a file

serverless generate-event -t aws:sqs > event.json