hey all, what’s the easiest way to send an alert (...
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Sam Hulick
01/31/2022, 8:25 PMhey all, what’s the easiest way to send an alert (of some kind) that a long-running process is complete? like if a user makes an API call, it returns with a 202 (async process). the process completes, and it should somehow let the user know, like via email. is EventBridge the way to go? (one Lambda alerting another one)
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justindra
02/03/2022, 4:31 PMNot sure if it's the best way to do this, but in the past we just used SNS to notify a Lambda function and from there, can go anywhere really.
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Joe Kendal
02/04/2022, 8:52 AM@Sam Hulick have you considered using a Step Function?
Joe Kendal
02/04/2022, 8:53 AMJoe Kendal
02/04/2022, 8:54 AMHave the API directly invoke the Step Function (it will return the 200). Then the Step Function will do its thing like wait for a task to complete before progressing to the next step (such as sending an email via SNS). I highly recommend you looking at this as the most reliable option.
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Sam Hulick
02/04/2022, 5:42 PM@Joe Kendal yeah, I’m using step functions in other places. in this case it would be overkill because it’s literally just ONE Lambda function with a long-running process. it’s not several functions that depend on the results of each other
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