Lambda Webhook Listener to SQS

A serverless lambda function to listen for webhooks and send them to a SQS queue to consume in your own time. HTTP headers will be added as SQS message attributes.

More info: Scalable webhook listener with Lambda and SQS

Getting Started

These instructions will help get your function deployed and ready to use.

Prerequisites

An AWS account
NodeJS
Serverless Framework

Install

Clone the repo.

git clone https://github.com/deanbarrow/lambda-webhook-listener-sqs.git

Edit serverless.yml to set your profile name and region.

Install dependencies.

npm i

Deploy.

sls deploy

The output will show your webhook URL, the SQS queue name can be found in the AWS console.

Sending a test webhook

Send a test webhook then check the SQS console to confirm it was received.

curl -X POST \
  https://xxx.execute-api.region.amazonaws.com/v1/webhook \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-topic: webhook/test' \
  -H 'x-custom-header: testing' \
  -d '{
  "id": 12345,
  "key": "value"
}'

Uninstall

sls remove