How to use Async and Await with AWS SDK Javascript

Question

I am working with the AWS SDK using the KMS libary. I would like to use async and await instead of callbacks.

import AWS, { KMS } from \"aws-sdk\";

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Answer 1

await requires a Promise. generateDataKey() returns a AWS.Request, not a Promise. AWS.Request are EventEmitters (more or less) but have a promise method that you can use.

import AWS, {
  KMS
} from "aws-sdk";

(async function() {
  const kms = new AWS.KMS();
  const keyReq = kms.generateDataKey()
  const key = await keyReq.promise();

  // Or just:
  // const key = await kms.generateDataKey().promise()
}());