Netlify Functions examples

Hi there! This is a playground repo to test out Netlify’s Lambda Functions. You can see a live demo of the examples at https://functions-playground.netlify.com.

If you want your own copy to play around with, the quickest way to get it up and running is clicking the Deploy to Netlify button below. It will clone this repository into your own account, and deploy the site to Netlify.

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Setup

To run the examples locally, here’s what you’ll need:

System Requirements:

cd into your local copy of the repository and run yarn or npm install

cd netlify-functions-example
yarn

Running the examples

yarn start

This will start the client server on http://localhost:8080, and the netlify-lambda server on http://localhost:9000.

netlify-lambda isn’t required to deploy Lambda functions to Netlify, but it offers some handy features out of the box that make it quicker to get started, like the local dev server and nice defaults for transpiling and bundling functions in production.

The client server is configured to proxy /.netlify requests to the Lambda server (see webpack.client.js). This is the same behavior the site has when it’s deployed to Netlify.

Community Function Examples

Add an example

Example Author
Airtable As Database
Using Airtable as a database
adenin-sites
Bart Station Departures
Get the SF BART Station Departures
philipbordallo
Behance Rss Feed
Fetch RSS feed from behance
jhackett1
Check Weather Forcast
Check the weather forcast with bugsnag for debugging
mikesprague
Chuck Norris Quote Generator
Fetch Chuck Norris quotes
auchau
Contact Form With Airtable & Mailgun
Process contact form submission and store in airtable
stefanjudis
Create New User In Firebase
Create new user in firebase admin
believelody
Dropbox Webhook
Dropbox webhook to trigger Netlify builds
chaseadamsio
Fetch Instagram Posts
Get recent instagram posts
strt
Fetch Rasperry Pi Url
Fetch Rasperry pi URL from dataplicity
ZachGawlik
Fetch Crypto Currency Prices
Get current bitcoin prices from localbitcoins.com
iamronsuez
Fetch Currency Rates
Fetch currency rates from eurofxref
dlebech
Fetch Currency Rates
Fetch currency rates from eurofxref
dlebech
Fetch Github Repos Graphql
get github repos from graphql endpoint
kiranbhalerao123
Github Finder
Serverless Implementation of GitHub Finder
shayant98
Mailchimp Signup Flow
Netlify functions + subscribe users to mailchimp
smkkstudios
Medium Rss Feed
Fetch RSS feed from medium
jhackett1
Meetup Raffle
Draw raffle winners at your Meetup event via meetup.com API
wKovacs64
Myanimelist Search Api
Search MyAnimeList API
destruc7i0n
Netlibox
Netlify + Dropbox using functions + redirects to validate the webhook
jimniels
Netlify Form Notifications To Slack
Ping slack on new netlify comments
vectronic
Save Zillow Prices
Search and save Zillow results to firebase
nickmrosen
Send Email Via 'Sendmail' Pkg
Send email with no STMP server via 'sendmail' pkg
Urigo
Shopify Ecommerce
Netlify functions + shopify for an ecommerce store
NEsfandiari
Slack Channel Invites
Send slack channel invites
kylemcd
Verify Phone Numbers
Verify phone numbers with Authy SMS
p8952
Airtable Netlify Short Urls
This is a simple short-url service that works with netlify functions and uses airtable.
kentcdodds
Bus Schedule Tracker
Tracking bus schedules
edumentab
Contentful Authless Comments
Contentful authless comments
shaunpersad
Contentful Image Saver
Save images to contentful
mirshko
Create React App Lambda
Create React App with baked in Netlify functions support
netlify
Detect Csp Violations
CSP violations reporting by setting the lambda URL as the CSP report-uri
stefanjudis
Fetch Files From Google Drive
List files from google drive API
JustinBeckwith
Form Spam Filter
Filter form spam and send to Zapier webhook
chrisjm
Gatsby And Netlify Functions
Handling Static Forms, Auth & Serverless Functions with Gatsby on Netlify view the project
snipcart
Gatsby Stripe Store Starter
Gatsby & Netlify functions stripe store
raae
Get Items From Cosmicjs
List out objects from cosmicjs
aslanvaroqua
Get Random Emoji
Return a random emoji
mrozilla
Get Weather Via Openweathermap
Get the weather via openweathermap
mattburrell
Get Youtube Video Captions
Get youtube video captions from video ID
nicooprat
Get Youtube Video Data
Get youtube video data from video ID
nicooprat
Ifttt To Flick Instagram Make New Github Post
Webhook from IFTTT when new Flickr photo with tag #blog create github file and post. Automated photo blog view the project
rretsiem
Intercom As Oauth Login
Oauth via intercom
DavidWells
Lookup Dns
DNS lookup of a site
HJGreen
Mailchimp Landing Page
Landing page with mailchimp
tobilg
Mongodb And Functions
Using mongoDB + functions view the project
maciejmatu
Netlify Functions Apollo Graphql
Deploying Apollo graphql on netlify functions view the project
stubailo
Netlify Functions As Zips
Functions as zips
DavidWells
Netlify Functions Crud App With Fauna
Using faunaDB as datastore
netlify
Netlify Functions Express
Using express with netlify functions
DavidWells
Netlify Functions Gated Sites
Gating multiple sites with Okta
DavidWells
Netlify Headless Site
Serve entire site via Netlify functions + dynamic serverside HTML rendering
rabbah
Netlify Identity Whitelist Emails
Validate emails on Netlify identity signup
escaladesports
Password Protected Netlify Build Trigger
Trigger Netlify deploy with password protected function
HeapSpace
Ping Superfeedr On Deploy
Ping Superfeedr RSS, Atom, or JSON feeds on successful deploy. Uses event driven functions
anarchivist
Post A Tweet
Post a tweet to Twitter
colbyfayock
Primsa Graphql Example
Netlify functions + primsa + graphql
auchau
Process Stripe Payment
Process a stripe payment
alexpriceonline
Process Upload Send To Trello Slack Mailgun
Process form file upload and send to results to trello, slack, & mailgun
NimbusForWork
Progressive Form Enhancement Via Functions
Handle Ajax & normal form POST submissions via functions view the project
DavidWells
Proxy Blocked Google Analytics
Proxy pageviews to google analytics incase google analytics is blocked on the client side
codeniko
Proxy Tracking Data To Loggly
proxy arbitrary tracking data to a log management service Loggly
codeniko
Pusher Auth
Authenication for pusher pub/sub
NathanHeffley
Save Data To Google Sheets
Save emails to googlesheets
grod220
Save Twitch Clips Save To Postgres
Grab clips from twitch and insert into postgres database
stphnchoe
Scrape Parse And Render Dynamic Html
Scrape url, parse with cheerio and render new html out
jamesbgl
Scrape Twitter Avatars
Scrape mobile twitter HTML to return the URLs of a user avatar: view the project
philhawksworth
Send Custom Netlify Build Slack Notification
Custom netlify build status in slack
mirshko
Send Email Via Aws Sns
Sends a question submitted from HTML question form via AWS SES. This example connects to an external AWS account
frzng
Send Email Via Nodemailer
send email via nodemailer
kicholen
Send Email Via Sendgrid
send email via sendgrid
francoislesenne
Serverless Auth Strategies
How to protected & scoped down functions to specific users
DavidWells
Serverside Hashing
Serverside hashing via crypto
SquishyCat
Shorten Links With Bitly
Shorten links with the bit.ly API
nbw
Stripe Payment Processing
stripe payment processing
alexmacarthur
Swambda Openapi
Integrate OpenAPI (swagger) specifications and lambda into an easy-to-use routing tier
fehguy
Textjoy
Weekly inspirational messages via SMS view the project
alexpriceonline
Tokbox Session Manager
Build live interactive video, voice and messaging into your web and mobile apps via tokbox
slap-dash
Token Hider Via Proxy
Token hider api passthrough proxy
depadiernos
Url Shortening Service
URL shortening service
philhawksworth
Using S3 As A Database
Example of using AWS s3 as a datastore
walbuc
Verify Okta
Verify an Okta token with Go
netlify

Tutorials

Contributing

We are happy to accept more examples from the community

Adding an example

  1. Add your example to examples.json

Make sure to include the following fields. If there is no live demo/blog post etc, you can omit the url from the object.

{
  "name": "netlify-functions-apollo-graphql",
  "description": "Deploying Apollo graphql on netlify functions ",
  "code": "https://github.com/stubailo/apollo-netlify-lambda-app",
  "url": "https://blog.apollographql.com/deploy-a-fullstack-apollo-app-with-netlify-45a7dfd51b0b"
}
  1. Regenerate the README.md with the following command
npm run docs
  1. Open a new pull request with your example.