Import an Existing Lambda Function in AWS CDK

A repository for an article on bobbyhadz.com

If you use CDK v1, switch to the cdk-v1 branch

How to Use

  1. Clone the repository

  2. Install the dependencies

npm install
  1. Replace the YOUR_FUNCTION_NAME placeholder, in the call to fromFunctionArn method, with the name of the lambda function you want to import

  2. Create the CDK stack

npx aws-cdk deploy
  1. Open the AWS CloudFormation Console and the stack should be created in your default region

  2. Cleanup

npx aws-cdk destroy