How can I install GraphicsMagick or ImageMagick on AWS Lambda?

Question

I am using the gm package for Node.js along with the default ImageMagick installation that is available on AWS Lambda.

const gm = require(\'gm\'

Answer 1

For node.js, you can use node-lambda, it simplifies packaging using a docker image :

node-lambda package -I lambci/lambda:build-nodejs6.10 -A . -x '*.lock *.zip'

The -I argument will launch a docker image and launch npm i in your project so it will compile the binary node_modules against the right architecture.