Appsync Elasticsearch Geo Search

Example Geo Search API built on AWS Appysnc & Elasticsearch.

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Example Usage

1. Set up

Install the Serverless Framework plugins used by the project.

$ npm install

Create an .env file and update the AWS_ACCOUNT_ID variable.

export AWS_ACCCOUNT_ID=123456789

2. Deploy Elasticsearch

$ ./bin/deploy

3. Create Elasticsearch Geo Mapping

Redeploy the lambda function so it has the updated elasticsearch endpoint value created in the last step.

$ ./bin/deploy-lambda

Then invoke it to create the mapping in elasticsearch.

$ ./bin/invoke-lambda

4. Deploy the Appsync API

$ ./bin/deploy-appsync

5. Update the Appsync API.

$ ./bin/update-appsync

6. Destroy Stack

$ ./bin/destroy

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Lambda Development Setup

Create a virtualenv then install requirements:

$ make env
$ source env/bin/activate
$ make deps

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Unit Tests

$ make test

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Local Development

To invoke the lambda function locally do the following.

1. Add the following to the .env file

# .env
export ES_ENDPOINT=https://xxx.xxx.es.amazonaws.com # UPDATE ME
export ES_INDEX=places
export ES_REGION=eu-west-1
export ES_GEO_MAPPING_FILE=elasticsearch/location_geopoint_mapping.json

2. Invoke the lambda function.

$ ./bin/invoke-local