chrome-aws-lambda vs lambda-layer-sharp

chrome-aws-lambda

Chromium Binary for AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions (by alixaxel)

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An AWS Lambda Layer for the Sharp node module. Automatically published on updates. (by bubblydoo)

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chrome-aws-lambda		lambda-layer-sharp
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12	Mentions	3
3,135	Stars	20
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	4.2
10 months ago	Latest Commit	2 months ago
TypeScript	Language	JavaScript
MIT License	License	-

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chrome-aws-lambda

Posts with mentions or reviews of chrome-aws-lambda. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-23.

Lambdas vs EC2
4 projects | /r/aws | 23 Mar 2023

Lambda would be my choice for this. You could even stay within the free tier depending how often you run this process. You can orchestrate puppeteer UI flows in lambda using this package https://github.com/alixaxel/chrome-aws-lambda My team does this and it works great.
Building a PDF Generator using AWS Lambda
2 projects | dev.to | 8 Oct 2022

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/alixaxel/chrome-aws-lambda.git && \ cd chrome-aws-lambda && \ make chrome_aws_lambda.zip
Best way to scrape header + image from articles on scale?
1 project | /r/webdev | 16 Sep 2022
Ask HN: What are the best tools for web scraping in 2022?
33 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Aug 2022
Is it possible to use functions requiring a GPU in a serverless google cloud function?
2 projects | /r/googlecloud | 14 Jun 2022
Dynamic Open Graph images with Next.js
4 projects | dev.to | 10 Mar 2022

When requesting the API route, the Next.js serverless function will actually spin up a web browser on the server (a headless instance of Chromium, using chrome-aws-lambda). Next, a webpage will be generated with HTML we can define ourselves. This HTML will be used to construct the image. That means that as a developer we can generate images using HTML and CSS, technologies we are already familiar with!
How we keep our Serverless deploy times short and avoid headaches
7 projects | dev.to | 1 Feb 2022

This plugin is used for all our AWS Lambda deployments, using a wide range of Node modules, some with more quirks than others. We use it together with Lambda Layer Sharp and Chrome AWS Lambda.
How to create a chrome profile programmatically in aws lambda?
2 projects | /r/awslambda | 2 Jan 2022

I was able to successfully to run chrome with puppeteer in AWS Lambda for a similar use case. I used an "optimized" version of chrome packaged as an AWS Lambda Layer.
Create PDF documents with AWS Lambda + S3 with NodeJS and Puppeteer
5 projects | dev.to | 14 Aug 2021

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/alixaxel/chrome-aws-lambda.git && \ cd chrome-aws-lambda && \ make chrome_aws_lambda.zip
chrome binary not found aws lambda
2 projects | /r/aws | 18 Jul 2021

Simplest method use ]Puppeteer](https://blog.risingstack.com/pdf-from-html-node-js-puppeteer/) with chrome-aws-lambda.

lambda-layer-sharp

Posts with mentions or reviews of lambda-layer-sharp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-01.

Image processing in ARM64 Lambdas with Sharp
1 project | /r/aws | 26 Jul 2022

1 project | /r/serverless | 26 Jul 2022
How we keep our Serverless deploy times short and avoid headaches
7 projects | dev.to | 1 Feb 2022

This plugin is used for all our AWS Lambda deployments, using a wide range of Node modules, some with more quirks than others. We use it together with Lambda Layer Sharp and Chrome AWS Lambda.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing chrome-aws-lambda and lambda-layer-sharp you can also consider the following projects:

terraform-aws-next-js - Terraform module for building and deploying Next.js apps to AWS. Supports SSR (Lambda), Static (S3) and API (Lambda) pages.

serverless-webpack - Serverless plugin to bundle your lambdas with Webpack

puppeteer - Node.js API for Chrome

serverless-jetpack - A faster JavaScript packager for Serverless applications.

chrome-aws-lambda-layer - 58 MB Google Chrome to fit inside AWS Lambda Layer compressed with Brotli

webpack-node-externals - Easily exclude node modules in Webpack

serverless-plugin-tree-shake - Shake the dependency tree and only package files needed

serverless-graphql - Serverless GraphQL Examples for AWS AppSync and Apollo

serverless-externals-plugin - Package only external modules, and let Rollup bundle all the other modules.

next-api-og-image - :bowtie: Easy way to generate open-graph images dynamically in HTML or React using Next.js API Routes. Suitable for serverless environment.

AWS-Lambda-Docker - Puppeteer running in Docker on AWS Lambda