feat(event-handler): add streaming functionality

Author: svozza

package-lock.json

@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/aws-powertools/powertools-lambda-typescript/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "2.27.0"
+    "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "2.27.0",
+    "lambda-stream": "0.6.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "aws",

packages/event-handler/package.json

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
+import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
+import { pipeline } from 'node:stream/promises';
+import type streamWeb from 'node:stream/web';
 import type { GenericLogger } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/commons/types';
 import {
   getStringFromEnv,
   isDevMode,
 } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/commons/utils/env';
 import type { APIGatewayProxyResult, Context } from 'aws-lambda';
-import type {
-  HandlerResponse,
-  HttpStatusCode,
-  ResolveOptions,
-} from '../types/index.js';
+import type { ResolveStreamOptions } from '../types/common.js';
+import type { HandlerResponse, ResolveOptions } from '../types/index.js';
 import type {
   ErrorConstructor,
   ErrorHandler,
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import type {
   Middleware,
   Path,
   RequestContext,
+  ResponseStream,
   RestRouteOptions,
   RestRouterOptions,
   RouteHandler,
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   handlerResultToProxyResult,
   handlerResultToWebResponse,
   proxyEventToWebRequest,
+  webHeadersToApiGatewayV1Headers,
 } from './converters.js';
 import { ErrorHandlerRegistry } from './ErrorHandlerRegistry.js';
 import {
@@ -38,8 +40,9 @@ import { Route } from './Route.js';
 import { RouteHandlerRegistry } from './RouteHandlerRegistry.js';
 import {
   composeMiddleware,
+  HttpResponseStream,
   isAPIGatewayProxyEvent,
-  isAPIGatewayProxyResult,
+  isExtendedAPIGatewayProxyResult,
   isHttpMethod,
   resolvePrefixedPath,
 } from './utils.js';
@@ -187,21 +190,19 @@ class Router {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Resolves an API Gateway event by routing it to the appropriate handler
-   * and converting the result to an API Gateway proxy result. Handles errors
-   * using registered error handlers or falls back to default error handling
-   * (500 Internal Server Error).
+   * Core resolution logic shared by both resolve and resolveStream methods.
+   * Validates the event, routes to handlers, executes middleware, and handles errors.
    *
    * @param event - The Lambda event to resolve
    * @param context - The Lambda context
    * @param options - Optional resolve options for scope binding
-   * @returns An API Gateway proxy result
+   * @returns A handler response (Response, JSONObject, or ExtendedAPIGatewayProxyResult)
    */
-  public async resolve(
+  async #resolve(
     event: unknown,
     context: Context,
     options?: ResolveOptions
-  ): Promise<APIGatewayProxyResult> {
+  ): Promise<HandlerResponse> {
     if (!isAPIGatewayProxyEvent(event)) {
       this.logger.error(
         'Received an event that is not compatible with this resolver'
@@ -276,18 +277,79 @@ class Router {
       });
 
       // middleware result takes precedence to allow short-circuiting
-      const result = middlewareResult ?? requestContext.res;
-
-      return handlerResultToProxyResult(result);
+      return middlewareResult ?? requestContext.res;
     } catch (error) {
       this.logger.debug(`There was an error processing the request: ${error}`);
-      const result = await this.handleError(error as Error, {
+      return this.handleError(error as Error, {
         ...requestContext,
         scope: options?.scope,
       });
-      const statusCode =
-        result instanceof Response ? result.status : result.statusCode;
-      return handlerResultToProxyResult(result, statusCode as HttpStatusCode);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Resolves an API Gateway event by routing it to the appropriate handler
+   * and converting the result to an API Gateway proxy result. Handles errors
+   * using registered error handlers or falls back to default error handling
+   * (500 Internal Server Error).
+   *
+   * @param event - The Lambda event to resolve
+   * @param context - The Lambda context
+   * @param options - Optional resolve options for scope binding
+   * @returns An API Gateway proxy result
+   */
+  public async resolve(
+    event: unknown,
+    context: Context,
+    options?: ResolveOptions
+  ): Promise<APIGatewayProxyResult> {
+    const result = await this.#resolve(event, context, options);
+    return handlerResultToProxyResult(result);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Resolves an API Gateway event by routing it to the appropriate handler
+   * and streaming the response directly to the provided response stream.
+   * Used for Lambda response streaming.
+   *
+   * @param event - The Lambda event to resolve
+   * @param context - The Lambda context
+   * @param options - Stream resolve options including the response stream
+   */
+  public async resolveStream(
+    event: unknown,
+    context: Context,
+    options: ResolveStreamOptions
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const result = await this.#resolve(event, context, options);
+    await this.#streamHandlerResponse(result, options.responseStream);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Streams a handler response to the Lambda response stream.
+   * Converts the response to a web response and pipes it through the stream.
+   *
+   * @param response - The handler response to stream
+   * @param responseStream - The Lambda response stream to write to
+   */
+  async #streamHandlerResponse(
+    response: HandlerResponse,
+    responseStream: ResponseStream
+  ) {
+    const webResponse = handlerResultToWebResponse(response);
+    const { headers } = webHeadersToApiGatewayV1Headers(webResponse.headers);
+    const resStream = HttpResponseStream.from(responseStream, {
+      statusCode: webResponse.status,
+      headers,
+    });
+
+    if (webResponse.body) {
+      const nodeStream = Readable.fromWeb(
+        webResponse.body as streamWeb.ReadableStream
+      );
+      await pipeline(nodeStream, resStream);
+    } else {
+      resStream.write('');
     }
   }
 
@@ -320,7 +382,7 @@ class Router {
       try {
         const { scope, ...reqCtx } = options;
         const body = await handler.apply(scope ?? this, [error, reqCtx]);
-        if (body instanceof Response || isAPIGatewayProxyResult(body)) {
+        if (body instanceof Response || isExtendedAPIGatewayProxyResult(body)) {
           return body;
         }
         if (!body.statusCode) {

packages/event-handler/src/rest/Router.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
+import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
+import type streamWeb from 'node:stream/web';
+import { isString } from '@aws-lambda-powertools/commons/typeutils';
 import type { APIGatewayProxyEvent, APIGatewayProxyResult } from 'aws-lambda';
 import type {
   CompressionOptions,
+  ExtendedAPIGatewayProxyResultBody,
   HandlerResponse,
   HttpStatusCode,
 } from '../types/rest.js';
 import { COMPRESSION_ENCODING_TYPES, HttpStatusCodes } from './constants.js';
-import { isAPIGatewayProxyResult } from './utils.js';
+import {
+  isExtendedAPIGatewayProxyResult,
+  isNodeReadableStream,
+  isWebReadableStream,
+} from './utils.js';
 
 /**
  * Creates a request body from API Gateway event body, handling base64 decoding if needed.
@@ -72,18 +80,17 @@ const proxyEventToWebRequest = (event: APIGatewayProxyEvent): Request => {
 };
 
 /**
- * Converts a Web API Response object to an API Gateway proxy result.
+ * Converts Web API Headers to API Gateway v1 headers format.
+ * Splits multi-value headers by comma and organizes them into separate objects.
  *
- * @param response - The Web API Response object
- * @returns An API Gateway proxy result
+ * @param webHeaders - The Web API Headers object
+ * @returns Object containing headers and multiValueHeaders
  */
-const webResponseToProxyResult = async (
-  response: Response
-): Promise<APIGatewayProxyResult> => {
+const webHeadersToApiGatewayV1Headers = (webHeaders: Headers) => {
   const headers: Record<string, string> = {};
   const multiValueHeaders: Record<string, Array<string>> = {};
 
-  for (const [key, value] of response.headers.entries()) {
+  for (const [key, value] of webHeaders.entries()) {
     const values = value.split(',').map((v) => v.trimStart());
     if (values.length > 1) {
       multiValueHeaders[key] = values;
@@ -92,6 +99,25 @@ const webResponseToProxyResult = async (
     }
   }
 
+  return {
+    headers,
+    multiValueHeaders,
+  };
+};
+
+/**
+ * Converts a Web API Response object to an API Gateway proxy result.
+ *
+ * @param response - The Web API Response object
+ * @returns An API Gateway proxy result
+ */
+const webResponseToProxyResult = async (
+  response: Response
+): Promise<APIGatewayProxyResult> => {
+  const { headers, multiValueHeaders } = webHeadersToApiGatewayV1Headers(
+    response.headers
+  );
+
   // Check if response contains compressed/binary content
   const contentEncoding = response.headers.get(
     'content-encoding'
@@ -135,12 +161,14 @@ const webResponseToProxyResult = async (
  *
  * @param response - The handler response (APIGatewayProxyResult, Response, or plain object)
  * @param resHeaders - Optional headers to be included in the response
+ * @returns A Web API Response object
  */
 const handlerResultToWebResponse = (
   response: HandlerResponse,
   resHeaders?: Headers
 ): Response => {
   if (response instanceof Response) {
+    if (resHeaders === undefined) return response;
     const headers = new Headers(resHeaders);
     for (const [key, value] of response.headers.entries()) {
       headers.set(key, value);
@@ -154,7 +182,7 @@ const handlerResultToWebResponse = (
   const headers = new Headers(resHeaders);
   headers.set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
 
-  if (isAPIGatewayProxyResult(response)) {
+  if (isExtendedAPIGatewayProxyResult(response)) {
     for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(response.headers ?? {})) {
       if (value != null) {
         headers.set(key, String(value));
@@ -169,7 +197,12 @@ const handlerResultToWebResponse = (
       }
     }
 
-    return new Response(response.body, {
+    const body =
+      response.body instanceof Readable
+        ? (Readable.toWeb(response.body) as ReadableStream)
+        : response.body;
+
+    return new Response(body, {
       status: response.statusCode,
       headers,
     });
@@ -189,8 +222,24 @@ const handlerResultToProxyResult = async (
   response: HandlerResponse,
   statusCode: HttpStatusCode = HttpStatusCodes.OK
 ): Promise<APIGatewayProxyResult> => {
-  if (isAPIGatewayProxyResult(response)) {
-    return response;
+  if (isExtendedAPIGatewayProxyResult(response)) {
+    if (isString(response.body)) {
+      return {
+        ...response,
+        body: response.body,
+      };
+    }
+    if (
+      isNodeReadableStream(response.body) ||
+      isWebReadableStream(response.body)
+    ) {
+      const nodeStream = bodyToNodeStream(response.body);
+      return {
+        ...response,
+        isBase64Encoded: true,
+        body: await nodeStreamToBase64(nodeStream),
+      };
+    }
   }
   if (response instanceof Response) {
     return await webResponseToProxyResult(response);
@@ -203,9 +252,43 @@ const handlerResultToProxyResult = async (
   };
 };
 
+/**
+ * Converts various body types to a Node.js Readable stream.
+ * Handles Node.js streams, web streams, and string bodies.
+ *
+ * @param body - The body to convert (Readable, ReadableStream, or string)
+ * @returns A Node.js Readable stream
+ */
+const bodyToNodeStream = (body: ExtendedAPIGatewayProxyResultBody) => {
+  if (isNodeReadableStream(body)) {
+    return body;
+  }
+  if (isWebReadableStream(body)) {
+    return Readable.fromWeb(body as streamWeb.ReadableStream);
+  }
+  return Readable.from(Buffer.from(body as string));
+};
+
+/**
+ * Converts a Node.js Readable stream to a base64 encoded string.
+ * Handles both Buffer and string chunks by converting all to Buffers.
+ *
+ * @param stream - The Node.js Readable stream to convert
+ * @returns A Promise that resolves to a base64 encoded string
+ */
+async function nodeStreamToBase64(stream: Readable) {
+  const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+  for await (const chunk of stream) {
+    chunks.push(Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk : Buffer.from(chunk));
+  }
+  return Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('base64');
+}
+
 export {
   proxyEventToWebRequest,
   webResponseToProxyResult,
   handlerResultToWebResponse,
   handlerResultToProxyResult,
+  bodyToNodeStream,
+  webHeadersToApiGatewayV1Headers,
 };

packages/event-handler/src/rest/converters.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ export { Router } from './Router.js';
 export {
   composeMiddleware,
   isAPIGatewayProxyEvent,
-  isAPIGatewayProxyResult,
+  isExtendedAPIGatewayProxyResult,
   isHttpMethod,
 } from './utils.js';