A 7KB AWS lambda Node.js library with zero runtime dependencies

Not knowing this myself, could someone explain the attraction in using a web scripting framework for stuff like this? I get that this particular example makes the whole thing seem fairly straightforward, but have never really heard why people like adapting Node.js and similar to non-web environments beyond "you can". Is there anything more to it than that?

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I&#x27;m sorry but why can&#x27;t you just call a few functions in your normal handler and then just return the normal type of object that Lambda wants?<p>This all seems to be pretty useless indirection to me.

It wasn&#x27;t obvious so I checked: zero runtime since it typescript and the @types&#x2F;aws-lambda stuff is not needed in resulting compiled JS. Still I&#x27;m not sure what this does beyond until functions for events you receive in Lambda and have to parse raw yourself?

I created and use this tiny helper: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;g14n.info&#x2F;aws-lambda-res&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;g14n.info&#x2F;aws-lambda-res&#x2F;</a><p>I think it is far enough for my needs, it is nice to use no framework other than the one provided by AWS.

Thank you for this library, I am looking forward to reviewing your work. I didn&#x27;t want to use a framework (like hapi or express) to achieve something similar.