This function is managed and deployed with Apex (how to install it).
To manage dependencies you need npm installed on your system (and of course Node).
For deployment, you need to setup your AWS secret and key credentials, using one of available Apex's methods.
cd <project root>/functions/feed_aggregator
npm install
this will install dependencies needed by the function inside node_modules subdirectory.
## Deploy Once setup your AWS credentials, you can launch:
cd <project root>
apex deploy
To access this function through an http endpoint, you need to setup an AWS API Gateway resource as event source. Follow this getting starting guide to learn how to start, then you need the following adjustement to the API configuration Under APIs > your api name > Resources > your API endpoint > GET:
- inside Method Request add "se_uid" under URL Query String Parameters
- inside Integration Response, open the default mapping and under Body Mapping Templates add a mapping template, specify "application/json" for the Content-Type and put the following code in the template body:
#set($inputRoot = $input.path('$'))
$inputRoot.feed
When done, you can access your brand new uber-feed for any StackeExchange user through an url like this:
https://<your api id>.execute-api.<your region>.amazonaws.com/prod/<your api endpoint name>?se_uid=XXXXXX
where XXXXXX is the id of the user on stackexchange.com, like this:
https://stackexchange.com/users/226046/kesonno
To see your personal page, login to stackexchange.com and click on your username on the main navigation bar on the top of the page.