Lambda function returning headers and statuscode as json nodejs

Question

I am working with a NodeJS Lambda function and when I invoke it I get this as the result:

{
  "body": "{\"message\":\"Hello from Lambda!\"}"
}

It seems as if the response is not being parsed correctly, because according to what I've seen the response should just be the hello world string. This is the code I have with the function.

exports.handler = async (event) => {
  // TODO implement
  const response = {
      body: JSON.stringify({
          message: "Hello from Lambda!",
      }),
  };

  return response;
};

Which is the default code AWS gives you when creating a function. Does anyone know what might be the issue here?

Marcin · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-18 05:59:45Z

1

The return value is exactly what you return. If you just want to return "Hello from Lambda" then your function should be:

exports.handler = async (event) => {
  return "Hello from Lambda!";
};

answered Dec 18, 2020 at 5:59

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2 Comments

Daniel Medina Over a year ago

Thank you, I'm just starting out with Lambda so thank you very much!

Marcin Over a year ago

@DanielMedina No problem. Glad it worked out:-)

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