serverless/docs/providers/aws/examples/using-external-libraries/node/README.md

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Using External libraries in Node

Make sure serverless is installed. See installation guide

1. Install dependencies

For this example we are going to install the faker module from npm.

npm install faker --save

2. Install the faker module in your handler.js file

Inside of handler.js require your module.

const faker = require('faker');

1. Deploy

serverless deploy or sls deploy.

sls is shorthand for the serverless CLI command

Alternatively, you can run npm run deploy and deploy via NPM script defined in the package.json file

2. Invoke

serverless invoke --function helloRandomName or sls invoke -f helloRandomName

-f is shorthand for --function