lambchop

A sidekick that makes your AWS Lambda async

Overview

lambchop is an Python package that gives regular AWS Lambda asyncronous functionality by allow them to run background processes. This works by utilizing AWS Lambda extensions which runs in a different process than the main lambda function code.

Installation

pypi:

pip install lambchop

github:

pip install git+ssh://git@github.com/dave-lanigan/lambchop.git

pip install git+https://git@github.com/dave-lanigan/lambchop.git

📝 Sudo privileges may be required because the lambda extension resides in the /opt/extensions/ directory

Usage

import time
from lambchop import SideKick

def long_running_process(x, y):
    print("Starting process 1.")
    time.sleep(x + y)
    print("Completed.")


def long_running_process2(x, y):
    print("Starting process 2.")
    time.sleep(x + y)
    print("Completed.")


def main():
    sk = SideKick()
    sk.add_task(long_running_process, x=5, y=3)
    sk.add_task(long_running_process2, x=5, y=3)
    sk.process()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()