AWS Lambda and Python
What is the AWS Lambda? AWS Lambda lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. You pay only for the compute time you consume - there is no charge when your code is not running. So, you can build a scalable application without managing servers. Something like a microservice without servers. Serverless! Hence, your function must be written in a stateless style. If you want to store something somewhere, you can connect to S3, Redshift, DynamoDB, etc. AWS Lambda will start to execute your code within milliseconds. I am not going to write a tutorial step by step. You will find here only a handful necessary information. Limits Let's look at the limits (all limits are default, you can ask guys from AWS to increase them). You have access to an ephemeral disk with limit 512 MB (access to /tmp only). Your function must be finished within 300 seconds (it is a default max value; if you want you can set 10 seconds also); if not AWS Lambda will terminate it. Zip