Why should you care?

AwsVerse MVP features ship as serverless APIs to avoid idle EC2 cost between releases.

See it live — copy this example

Run in AWS CloudShell / local AWS CLI v2, or follow the matching steps in the AWS Console (Free Tier).

const { DynamoDBClient, PutItemCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb');
exports.handler = async (event) => {
  const body = JSON.parse(event.body || '{}');
  await new DynamoDBClient({}).send(new PutItemCommand({
    TableName: 'awsverse-leads',
    Item: { leadId: { S: body.id }, email: { S: body.email } }
  }));
  return { statusCode: 201, body: JSON.stringify({ ok: true }) };
};

What happened?

• Node.js Lambda handler parses API Gateway proxy event, writes lead to DynamoDB via AWS SDK v3, returns HTTP 201.
• Follow the steps below — typing the code yourself is the fastest way to learn.

Practice next

1. Create DynamoDB table awsverse-leads.
2. Deploy Lambda; connect HTTP API.
3. POST JSON with curl; verify item in table.
4. Enable Lambda provisioned concurrency on hot path.
5. Add request validator on API Gateway model.

Remember

API GW + Lambda + DynamoDB stack. Pay per request not idle servers. Add Cognito for user auth.

AwsVerse lead capture

Marketing landing page needs backend in one day.

Outcome: Serverless API handles launch day traffic with zero pre-provisioned servers.