AWS: Java Kinesis Lambda Handler

If you want to write a Lambda for AWS in Java that connects to a Kinesis Stream. You need to have the handler.

Maven:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
    <artifactId>aws-java-sdk</artifactId>
    <version>1.11.109</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
    <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
    <version>2.7.1</version>
</dependency>

This is the method that AWS Lambda will call. It will look similar to the one below.

import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.Context;
import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.events.KinesisEvent;
import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.events.KinesisEvent.KinesisEventRecord;
import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.model.Record;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 
public void kinesisRecordHandler(KinesisEvent kinesisEvent, Context context) {
	final String awsRequestId = context.getAwsRequestId();
	final int memoryLimitMb = context.getMemoryLimitInMB();
	final int remainingTimeInMillis = context.getRemainingTimeInMillis();
 
	for (final KinesisEventRecord kinesisRec : kinesisEvent.getRecords()) {
		final Record record = kinesisRec.getKinesis();
 
		//We get the kinesis data information
		final JsonNode recData = new ObjectMapper().readValue(record.getData().array(), JsonNode.class);
 
		final String bucketName = recData.get("bucket").asText();
		final String key = recData.get("key").asText();
	}
}

The thing to note when you setup you Lambda is how to setup the “Handler” field in the “Configuration” section on AWS. It is in the format “##PACKAGE##.##CLASS##::##METHOD##”.