AWS Lambda Error: “Cannot find module '/var/task/index'”

Question

Node.js Alexa Task Issue

I\'m currently coding a Node.js Alexa Task via AWS Lambda, and I have been trying to code a function that receives informat

Answer 1

Update to the accepted answer: When this error occurs, it means your zip file is not in the valid form which AWS requires.

If you double click on zip you will find your folder inside that your code file,but lambda wants that when you double click on zip it shoud show direct code files.

To achieve this:

open terminal  
cd your-lambda-folder 
zip -r index.zip *

Then, upload index.zip to AWS Lambda.

Answer 2

In my case I had to replace

exports.handler = function eventHandler (event, context) {

with

exports.handler = function (event, context, callback) {

Answer 3

This is probably a permissions issue with files inside your deployment zip. Try chmod 777 your files before packaging them in a zip file.