# aws/aws-lambda-go

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3,798 stars · 577 forks · Go · Apache-2.0

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/aws-aws-lambda-go.md

## Description

This project provides a Go runtime and SDK for building and deploying serverless functions within the AWS Lambda environment. It consists of a library for managing the function runtime and a collection of predefined event type definitions for structured data handling.

The toolkit includes utilities for packaging compiled Go binaries into the specific archive formats and naming conventions required for cloud deployment. It uses an interface-based handler mapping system to bind user-defined functions to a runtime wrapper that manages input and output serialization.

The project covers event-driven backend architecture through type-safe event mapping and JSON-based serialization. It enables serverless function execution by integrating with a runtime API to poll for invocations and process incoming cloud event data.

## Tags

### DevOps & Infrastructure

- [Serverless Function Runtimes](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/cloud-infrastructure/cloud-computing-serverless/serverless-execution-environments/serverless-function-runtimes.md) — Provides the managed execution environment and runtime bindings to execute Go functions in response to events. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/aws/aws-lambda-go@main/README.md))
- [Lambda Deployments](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/aws-ecs-deployments/lambda-deployments.md) — Implements packaging and deployment patterns specifically for AWS Lambda serverless environments.
- [Serverless Function Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/serverless-function-management.md) — Provides a set of tools for mapping event types and managing the execution lifecycle of serverless functions.
- [Serverless Deployment Tooling](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/cloud-provisioning/serverless-deployment-tooling.md) — Ships utilities for packaging and deploying Go binaries to serverless environments without manual configuration.
- [Binary Archive Packaging](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/go-language-deployments/binary-archive-packaging.md) — Packages compiled Go executables into the specific archive formats required for cloud runtime deployment.
- [Single-Binary Deployments](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/single-binary-deployments.md) — Produces a single statically linked executable that runs as a standalone process within a minimal container.
- [Deployment Archive Bundling](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/standalone-archive-deployment/deployment-archive-bundling.md) — Bundles compiled executables into the specific archive formats and naming conventions required for deployment. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/aws/aws-lambda-go@main/README.md))

### Programming Languages & Runtimes

- [Host Runtime Integration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/host-runtime-integration.md) — Communicates with the hosting environment by polling a local HTTP endpoint for invocations.
- [Serverless Lambda Runtimes](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/python-language-features/multi-language-runtimes/serverless-lambda-runtimes.md) — Provides the runtime and library for building and deploying Go serverless functions on AWS Lambda.
- [Serverless Event Type Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/serverless-event-type-libraries.md) — Provides a comprehensive library of predefined type definitions for structured cloud event data.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Cloud Event Type Mappings](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/cloud-event-type-mappings.md) — Provides predefined type definitions to map incoming cloud event data to structured Go types. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/aws/aws-lambda-go@main/README.md))
- [Type-Safe Event Contracts](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/event-dispatchers/type-safe-event-contracts.md) — Translates raw JSON event payloads into strongly typed Go structures using reflection.
- [Serverless Event Handlers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/serverless-event-handlers.md) — Maps incoming cloud event data to structured Go types for reliable processing within functions.
- [Event-Driven Architectures](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/event-driven-architectures.md) — Enables the creation of scalable backend services that trigger logic automatically in response to cloud events.
- [Handler Mapping](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/software-architecture/architectural-patterns/plugin-module-systems/modular-plugin-architectures/plugin-based-architectures/handler-mapping.md) — Binds user-defined function signatures to a generic runtime wrapper that manages serialization.