npm package: @nichoth/aws4fetch
Description: A compact AWS client for modern JS environments
Author: Michael Hart
Latest version: 1.0.20

# aws4fetch

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A compact (6.4kb minified, 2.5kb gzipped) [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/) client for environments that support
[`fetch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API) and
[`SubtleCrypto`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto) – that is, modern web browsers and
JS platforms like [Cloudflare Workers](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-workers/). Also retries
requests with an [exponential backoff with full jitter](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/exponential-backoff-and-jitter/)
strategy by default.

# Example

```js
import { AwsClient } from 'aws4fetch'

const aws = new AwsClient({ accessKeyId: MY_ACCESS_KEY, secretAccessKey: MY_SECRET_KEY })

// https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/API_Invoke.html
const LAMBDA_FN_API = 'https://lambda.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2015-03-31/functions'

async function invokeMyLambda(event) {
  const res = await aws.fetch(`${LAMBDA_FN_API}/my-lambda/invocations`, { body: JSON.stringify(event) })

  // `res` is a standard Response object: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response
  return res.json()
}

invokeMyLambda({my: 'event'}).then(json => console.log(json))
```

You can see a more detailed example, a Cloudflare Worker script you can use as
a replacement for [API Gateway](https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/), in the [`example`](./example) directory.

# API

`aws4fetch` exports two classes: `AwsClient` and `AwsV4Signer`

## `new AwsClient(options)`

You can use the same instance of `AwsClient` for all your service calls as the service and region will be determined
at fetch time – or you can create separate instances if you have different needs, eg no retrying for some service.

```js
import { AwsClient } from 'aws4fetch'

const aws = new AwsClient({
  accessKeyId,     // required, akin to AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  secretAccessKey, // required, akin to AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
  sessionToken,    // akin to AWS_SESSION_TOKEN if using temp credentials
  service,         // AWS service, by default parsed at fetch time
  region,          // AWS region, by default parsed at fetch time
  cache,           // credential cache, defaults to `new Map()`
  retries,         // number of retries before giving up, defaults to 10, set to 0 for no retrying
  initRetryMs,     // defaults to 50 – timeout doubles each retry
})
```

### `Promise<Response> aws.fetch(input[, init])`

Has the same signature as the [global fetch function](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/fetch#syntax)

```js
import { AwsClient } from 'aws4fetch'

const aws = new AwsClient(opts)

async function doFetch() {

  const response = await aws.fetch(url, {

    method,  // if not supplied, will default to 'POST' if there's a body, otherwise 'GET'
    headers, // standard JS object literal, or Headers instance
    body,    // optional, String or ArrayBuffer/ArrayBufferView – ie, remember to stringify your JSON

    // and any other standard fetch options, eg keepalive, etc

    // optional, largely if you want to override options in the AwsClient instance
    aws: {
      signQuery,          // set to true to sign the query string instead of the Authorization header
      accessKeyId,        // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      secretAccessKey,    // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      sessionToken,       // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      service,            // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      region,             // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      cache,              // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      datetime,           // defaults to now, to override use the form '20150830T123600Z'
      appendSessionToken, // set to true to add X-Amz-Security-Token after signing, defaults to true for iot
      allHeaders,         // set to true to force all headers to be signed instead of the defaults
      singleEncode,       // set to true to only encode %2F once (usually only needed for testing)
    },
  })

  console.log(await response.json())
}
```

NB: Due to the way bodies are handled in [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request)
instances, it's faster to invoke the function as above – using a URL as the `input`
argument and passing the `body` in the `init` argument – instead of the form of
invocation that uses a `Request` object directly as `input`.

If you don't know which URL to call for the AWS service you want, the full list
of AWS endpoints can be found here:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html

And the APIs are documented here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ (the REST APIs
are usually documented under "API Reference" for each service)

### `Promise<Request> aws.sign(input[, init])`

Returns a Promise that resolves to an
[AWS4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/signature-version-4.html)
signed [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request) –
has the same signature as `fetch`. Use this to create a `Request` you can send
using `fetch()` yourself.

```js
import { AwsClient } from 'aws4fetch'

const aws = new AwsClient(opts)

async function doFetch() {

  const request = await aws.sign(url, {

    method,  // if not supplied, will default to 'POST' if there's a body, otherwise 'GET'
    headers, // standard JS object literal, or Headers instance
    body,    // optional, String or ArrayBuffer/ArrayBufferView – ie, remember to stringify your JSON

    // and any other standard fetch options, eg keepalive, etc

    // optional, largely if you want to override options in the AwsClient instance
    aws: {
      signQuery,          // set to true to sign the query string instead of the Authorization header
      accessKeyId,        // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      secretAccessKey,    // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      sessionToken,       // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      service,            // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      region,             // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      cache,              // same as in AwsClient constructor above
      datetime,           // defaults to now, to override use the form '20150830T123600Z'
      appendSessionToken, // set to true to add X-Amz-Security-Token after signing, defaults to true for iot
      allHeaders,         // set to true to force all headers to be signed instead of the defaults
      singleEncode,       // set to true to only encode %2F once (usually only needed for testing)
    },
  })

  const response = await fetch(request)

  console.log(await response.json())
}
```

## `new AwsV4Signer(options)`

The underlying signing class for a request – use this if you just want to deal
with the raw AWS4 signed method/url/headers/body.

```js
import { AwsV4Signer } from 'aws4fetch'

const signer = new AwsV4Signer({
  url,                // required, the AWS endpoint to sign
  accessKeyId,        // required, akin to AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  secretAccessKey,    // required, akin to AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
  sessionToken,       // akin to AWS_SESSION_TOKEN if using temp credentials
  method,             // if not supplied, will default to 'POST' if there's a body, otherwise 'GET'
  headers,            // standard JS object literal, or Headers instance
  body,               // optional, String or ArrayBuffer/ArrayBufferView – ie, remember to stringify your JSON
  signQuery,          // set to true to sign the query string instead of the Authorization header
  service,            // AWS service, by default parsed at fetch time
  region,             // AWS region, by default parsed at fetch time
  cache,              // credential cache, defaults to `new Map()`
  datetime,           // defaults to now, to override use the form '20150830T123600Z'
  appendSessionToken, // set to true to add X-Amz-Security-Token after signing, defaults to true for iot
  allHeaders,         // set to true to force all headers to be signed instead of the defaults
  singleEncode,       // set to true to only encode %2F once (usually only needed for testing)
})
```

### `Promise<{ method, url, headers, body }> signer.sign()`

Actually perform the signing of the request and return a Promise that resolves
to an object containing the signed method, url, headers and body.

`method` will be a `String`, `url` will be an instance of [`URL`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL),
`headers` will be an instance of [`Headers`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Headers) and
`body` will unchanged from the argument you supply to the constructor.

```js
import { AwsV4Signer } from 'aws4fetch'

const signer = new AwsV4Signer(opts)

async function sign() {
  const { method, url, headers, body } = await signer.sign()

  console.log(method, url, [...headers], body)
}
```

### `Promise<String> signer.authHeader()`

Returns a Promise that resolves to the signed string to use in the
[`Authorization` header](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/sigv4-add-signature-to-request.html#sigv4-add-signature-auth-header)

Used by the `sign()` method – you shouldn't need to access this directly unless you're constructing your own requests.

### `Promise<String> signer.signature()`

Returns a Promise that resolves to the
[hex signature](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/sigv4-calculate-signature.html#sigv4-calculate-signature)

Used by the `sign()` method – you shouldn't need to access this directly unless you're constructing your own requests.

# Installation

With [npm](http://npmjs.org/) do:

```
npm install aws4fetch
```