Lambda now pings

Author: Frank Cash

.gitignore

@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@
 function/main
 *.zip
 
-*.tfstate
+*.tfstate
+*.backup

function/function.go

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
 	"github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go/lambda"
 )
 
-func hello() (string, error) {
-	return "Hello ƛ!", nil
+func ping() (string, error) {
+	url := "http://example.com/"
+	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s returned %s", url, resp.Status), err
 }
 
 func main() {
 	// Make the handler available for Remote Procedure Call by AWS Lambda
-	lambda.Start(hello)
+	lambda.Start(ping)
 }

main.tf

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ provider "aws" {
     region = "us-east-1"
 }
 
-
 resource "aws_iam_role" "lambda_exec_role" {
   name = "lambda_exec_role"
   assume_role_policy = <<EOF
@@ -30,4 +29,3 @@ resource "aws_lambda_function" "demo_lambda" {
     source_code_hash = "${base64sha256(file("./function/function.zip"))}"
     role = "${aws_iam_role.lambda_exec_role.arn}"
 }
-