Download image from S3 bucket to Lambda temp folder (Node.js)

Question

Good day guys.

I have a simple question: How do I download an image from a S3 bucket to Lambda function temp folder for processing? Basically, I nee

Answer 1

If you're writing it straight to the filesystem you can also do it with streams. It may be a little faster/more memory friendly, especially in a memory-constrained environment like Lambda.

var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');

var params = {
    Bucket: "mybucket",
    Key: "image.png"
};

var tempFileName = path.join('/tmp', 'downloadedimage.png');
var tempFile = fs.createWriteStream(tempFileName);

s3.getObject(params).createReadStream().pipe(tempFile);