# aws4fetch A compact (6.4kb minified, 2.5kb gzipped) [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/) client for environments that support [`fetch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API) and [`SubtleCrypto`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto) – that is, modern web browsers and JS platforms like [Cloudflare Workers](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-workers/). Also retries requests with an [exponential backoff with full jitter](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/exponential-backoff-and-jitter/) strategy by default. # Example ```js import { AwsClient } from 'aws4fetch' const aws = new AwsClient({ accessKeyId: MY_ACCESS_KEY, secretAccessKey: MY_SECRET_KEY }) // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/API_Invoke.html const LAMBDA_FN_API = 'https://lambda.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2015-03-31/functions' async function invokeMyLambda(event) { const res = await aws.fetch(`${LAMBDA_FN_API}/my-lambda/invocations`, { body: JSON.stringify(event) }) // `res` is a standard Response object: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response return res.json() } invokeMyLambda({my: 'event'}).then(json => console.log(json)) ``` You can see a more detailed example, a Cloudflare Worker script you can use as a replacement for [API Gateway](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/), in the [`example`](./example) directory. # API `aws4fetch` exports two classes: `AwsClient` and `AwsV4Signer` ## `new AwsClient(options)` You can use the same instance of `AwsClient` for all your service calls as the service and region will be determined at fetch time – or you can create separate instances if you have different needs, eg no retrying for some service. ```js import { AwsClient } from 'aws4fetch' const aws = new AwsClient({ accessKeyId, // required, akin to AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID secretAccessKey, // required, akin to AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY sessionToken, // akin to AWS_SESSION_TOKEN if using temp credentials service, // AWS service, by default parsed at fetch time region, // AWS region, by default parsed at fetch time cache, // credential cache, defaults to `new Map()` retries, // number of retries before giving up, defaults to 10, set to 0 for no retrying initRetryMs, // defaults to 50 – timeout doubles each retry }) ``` ### `Promise aws.fetch(input[, init])` Has the same signature as the [global fetch function](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/fetch#syntax) ```js import { AwsClient } from 'aws4fetch' const aws = new AwsClient(opts) async function doFetch() { const response = await aws.fetch(url, { method, // if not supplied, will default to 'POST' if there's a body, otherwise 'GET' headers, // standard JS object literal, or Headers instance body, // optional, String or ArrayBuffer/ArrayBufferView – ie, remember to stringify your JSON // and any other standard fetch options, eg keepalive, etc // optional, largely if you want to override options in the AwsClient instance aws: { signQuery, // set to true to sign the query string instead of the Authorization header accessKeyId, // same as in AwsClient constructor above secretAccessKey, // same as in AwsClient constructor above sessionToken, // same as in AwsClient constructor above service, // same as in AwsClient constructor above region, // same as in AwsClient constructor above cache, // same as in AwsClient constructor above datetime, // defaults to now, to override use the form '20150830T123600Z' appendSessionToken, // set to true to add X-Amz-Security-Token after signing, defaults to true for iot allHeaders, // set to true to force all headers to be signed instead of the defaults singleEncode, // set to true to only encode %2F once (usually only needed for testing) }, }) console.log(await response.json()) } ``` NB: Due to the way bodies are handled in [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request) instances, it's faster to invoke the function as above – using a URL as the `input` argument and passing the `body` in the `init` argument – instead of the form of invocation that uses a `Request` object directly as `input`. If you don't know which URL to call for the AWS service you want, the full list of AWS endpoints can be found here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html And the APIs are documented here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ (the REST APIs are usually documented under "API Reference" for each service) ### `Promise aws.sign(input[, init])` Returns a Promise that resolves to an [AWS4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/signature-version-4.html) signed [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request) – has the same signature as `fetch`. Use this to create a `Request` you can send using `fetch()` yourself. ```js import { AwsClient } from 'aws4fetch' const aws = new AwsClient(opts) async function doFetch() { const request = await aws.sign(url, { method, // if not supplied, will default to 'POST' if there's a body, otherwise 'GET' headers, // standard JS object literal, or Headers instance body, // optional, String or ArrayBuffer/ArrayBufferView – ie, remember to stringify your JSON // and any other standard fetch options, eg keepalive, etc // optional, largely if you want to override options in the AwsClient instance aws: { signQuery, // set to true to sign the query string instead of the Authorization header accessKeyId, // same as in AwsClient constructor above secretAccessKey, // same as in AwsClient constructor above sessionToken, // same as in AwsClient constructor above service, // same as in AwsClient constructor above region, // same as in AwsClient constructor above cache, // same as in AwsClient constructor above datetime, // defaults to now, to override use the form '20150830T123600Z' appendSessionToken, // set to true to add X-Amz-Security-Token after signing, defaults to true for iot allHeaders, // set to true to force all headers to be signed instead of the defaults singleEncode, // set to true to only encode %2F once (usually only needed for testing) }, }) const response = await fetch(request) console.log(await response.json()) } ``` ## `new AwsV4Signer(options)` The underlying signing class for a request – use this if you just want to deal with the raw AWS4 signed method/url/headers/body. ```js import { AwsV4Signer } from 'aws4fetch' const signer = new AwsV4Signer({ url, // required, the AWS endpoint to sign accessKeyId, // required, akin to AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID secretAccessKey, // required, akin to AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY sessionToken, // akin to AWS_SESSION_TOKEN if using temp credentials method, // if not supplied, will default to 'POST' if there's a body, otherwise 'GET' headers, // standard JS object literal, or Headers instance body, // optional, String or ArrayBuffer/ArrayBufferView – ie, remember to stringify your JSON signQuery, // set to true to sign the query string instead of the Authorization header service, // AWS service, by default parsed at fetch time region, // AWS region, by default parsed at fetch time cache, // credential cache, defaults to `new Map()` datetime, // defaults to now, to override use the form '20150830T123600Z' appendSessionToken, // set to true to add X-Amz-Security-Token after signing, defaults to true for iot allHeaders, // set to true to force all headers to be signed instead of the defaults singleEncode, // set to true to only encode %2F once (usually only needed for testing) }) ``` ### `Promise<{ method, url, headers, body }> signer.sign()` Actually perform the signing of the request and return a Promise that resolves to an object containing the signed method, url, headers and body. `method` will be a `String`, `url` will be an instance of [`URL`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL), `headers` will be an instance of [`Headers`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Headers) and `body` will unchanged from the argument you supply to the constructor. ```js import { AwsV4Signer } from 'aws4fetch' const signer = new AwsV4Signer(opts) async function sign() { const { method, url, headers, body } = await signer.sign() console.log(method, url, [...headers], body) } ``` ### `Promise signer.authHeader()` Returns a Promise that resolves to the signed string to use in the [`Authorization` header](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/sigv4-add-signature-to-request.html#sigv4-add-signature-auth-header) Used by the `sign()` method – you shouldn't need to access this directly unless you're constructing your own requests. ### `Promise signer.signature()` Returns a Promise that resolves to the [hex signature](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/sigv4-calculate-signature.html#sigv4-calculate-signature) Used by the `sign()` method – you shouldn't need to access this directly unless you're constructing your own requests. # Installation With [npm](http://npmjs.org/) do: ``` npm install aws4fetch ```