Blocking call on Lambda

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-29T23:19:21Z

Nick Gardner answered Jun 29, '15

Hi, It is possible to do blocking in Lambda, but the service is designed for async calls, so it is best to do that whenever possible. Cheers, Nick

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Answer 2 · 2015-07-06T15:04:43Z

John Schettino answered Jul 6, '15

What are you trying to accomplish? Node.js is always async, but there are any number of patterns for dealing with it - so there isn't anything you should need to do that you can't.

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Answer 3 · 2015-07-06T15:19:05Z

Matt Kruse answered Jul 6, '15

There is no penalty for blocking calls in Lambda though, right? Each request is a new process, so there is nothing to "block", right? So, for simplicity in development, if there is a sync version of an API call, it's probably easier just to use it. There's no reason not to.

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