Building Serverless Applications with AWS Lambda and Golang: Handling Different Event Types

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AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows you to run code without provisioning or managing servers. You can use Lambda to build serverless applications that can respond to events, such as incoming HTTP requests or changes in your AWS resources. Golang is a popular programming language that’s known for its performance, simplicity, and concurrency support. In this article, we’ll explore how to build serverless applications with AWS Lambda and Golang, and discuss how to handle different types of events that can trigger Lambda functions.

Getting started with AWS Lambda and Golang

Before we dive into handling events, let’s first go through the basics of setting up a Lambda function with Golang. To get started, you’ll need to have an AWS account and the AWS CLI installed. Here are the steps to create a simple Lambda function with Golang:

1. Create a new directory for your Lambda function, and change into it:

$ mkdir mylambda && cd mylambda

2. Create a new Golang file called main.go:

$ touch main.go