How can I create an AWS Lambda function using the AWS CLI?

Question

I am trying to create an AWS Lambda function using the command

aws lambda create-function \\
  --function-name foo\\
  --runtime nodejs\\
  --role lambda_basic_e         


        

Answer 1

You have an extra colon ':' in the file spec.

$ aws lambda create-function --function-name foo --runtime nodejs --role lambda_basic_execution --handler asdf --zip-file "fileb:://boom.zip"

--zip-file must be a file with the fileb:// prefix.
Example usage:  --zip-file fileb://path/to/file.zip

$ aws lambda create-function --function-name foo --runtime nodejs --role lambda_basic_execution --handler asdf --zip-file "fileb://boom.zip"

Error parsing parameter '--zip-file': Unable to load paramfile fileb://boom.zip: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'boom.zip'