Building a Serverless Full-Stack Application with AWS Lambda and React
In recent years, serverless architecture has become increasingly popular for building scalable, cost-effective applications. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to build a full-stack application using a serverless architecture with AWS Lambda for the backend and React for the frontend.
Prerequisites
To follow along with this tutorial, you'll need:
An AWS account with administrative access
Node.js and npm installed on your local machine
A text editor or IDE of your choice
Creating the Backend API with AWS Lambda and API Gateway
The first step in building our serverless full-stack application is to create the backend API using AWS Lambda and API Gateway.
Log in to your AWS account and navigate to the AWS Lambda console.
Click the "Create function" button and select "Author from scratch".
Choose a name and runtime for your function (we'll use Node.js 14.x for this tutorial).
Leave the "Permissions" section as the default, which grants the function permission to log to CloudWatch.
Click "Create function" to create the function.
Now that we've created our Lambda function, we need to configure the API Gateway to route requests to it.
Navigate to the API Gateway console in your AWS account.
Click "Create API" and select "REST API".
Choose "New API", give your API a name, and click "Create API".
Click "Create Resource" to create a new resource for your API.
Name your resource (e.g. "/users"), and click "Create Resource".
Click "Create Method", select "POST" from the dropdown, and click the checkmark.
In the "Integration type" dropdown, select "Lambda Function".
Select the Lambda function you created earlier, and click "Save".
Click "Actions" > "Deploy API" to deploy your API to a stage.
Congratulations! You've now created a serverless API using AWS Lambda and API Gateway.
Creating the Frontend with React
Now that we've created our backend API, we can start building the frontend using React.
Create a new React project using create-react-app:
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npx create-react-app my-app
cd my-app
Install the AWS Amplify library and its dependencies:
java
npm install aws-amplify @aws-amplify/ui-react
Initialize the Amplify project:
csharp
amplify init
Follow the prompts to configure your Amplify project. For the backend environment, select "AWS Lambda" as the function type.
Add authentication to your app:
csharp
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amplify add auth
Follow the prompts to configure authentication for your app.
Add the API to your app:
csharp
amplify add api
Follow the prompts to configure the API for your app.
Now that we've set up our Amplify project, we can start building the frontend components of our app.
Creating the User Registration Form
Let's start by creating a form component that allows users to register for our app.
javascript
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { Auth } from 'aws-amplify';
import { Form, Button } from 'react-bootstrap';
function RegistrationForm() {
const [email, setEmail] = useState('');
const [password, setPassword] = useState('');
async function handleRegistration(event) {
event.preventDefault();
try {
const signUpResponse = await Auth.signUp({
username: email,
password: password
});
console.log(signUpResponse);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleRegistration}>
<Form.Group controlId="formBasicEmail">
<Form.Label>Email address</Form.Label>
<Form.Control
type="email"
placeholder="Enter email"
value={email}
onChange={(e) => setEmail(e.target.value)}
/>
</Form.Group>
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<Form.Group controlId="formBasicPassword">
<Form.Label>Password</Form.Label>
<Form.Control
type="password"
placeholder="Password"
value={password}
onChange={(e) => setPassword(e.target.value)}
/>
</Form.Group>
<Button variant="primary" type="submit">
Register
</Button>
</Form>
);
}
export default RegistrationForm;
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This component renders a simple form that takes an email address and password as input. When the user submits the form, the `handleRegistration` function is called, which uses the `Auth.signUp` method from the Amplify library to register the user.
## Creating the User Login Form
Next, let's create a form component that allows users to log in to our app.
```javascript
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { Auth } from 'aws-amplify';
import { Form, Button } from 'react-bootstrap';
function LoginForm() {
const [email, setEmail] = useState('');
const [password, setPassword] = useState('');
async function handleLogin(event) {
event.preventDefault();
try {
const loginResponse = await Auth.signIn(email, password);
console.log(loginResponse);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleLogin}>
<Form.Group controlId="formBasicEmail">
<Form.Label>Email address</Form.Label>
<Form.Control
type="email"
placeholder="Enter email"
value={email}
onChange={(e) => setEmail(e.target.value)}
/>
</Form.Group>
<Form.Group controlId="formBasicPassword">
<Form.Label>Password</Form.Label>
<Form.Control
type="password"
placeholder="Password"
value={password}
onChange={(e) => setPassword(e.target.value)}
/>
</Form.Group>
<Button variant="primary" type="submit">
Login
</Button>
</Form>
);
}
export default LoginForm;
This component renders a form that takes an email address and password as input. When the user submits the form, the handleLogin function is called, which uses the Auth.signIn method from the Amplify library to log in the user.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, we've shown you how to build a serverless full-stack application using AWS Lambda and React. We created a backend API using AWS Lambda and API Gateway, and a frontend using React and the AWS Amplify library. We also created two forms, one for user registration and one for user login, using the Amplify library's authentication features.
Serverless architecture can be a powerful tool for building scalable and cost-effective applications, and AWS Lambda and API Gateway make it easy to get started. With the help of the Amplify library, you can also quickly add authentication and other features to your serverless application.
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