serverless/docs/02-providers/aws/examples/using-external-libraries/node

Using external libraries in Node.js service

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. Use the faker module in your handler.js file

Inside of handler.js require your module.

const faker = require('faker');

3. Deploy

serverless deploy

4. Invoke

serverless invoke -f helloRandomName

In your terminal window you should see the response from AWS Lambda

{
    "message": "Hello Floyd"
}