serverless-externals-plugin vs chrome-aws-lambda

serverless-externals-plugin

Package only external modules, and let Rollup bundle all the other modules. (by bubblydoo)

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chrome-aws-lambda

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

aws-lambda Puppeteer Chromium Serverless AWS Ansible

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TypeScript	Language	TypeScript
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serverless-externals-plugin

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

How we keep our Serverless deploy times short and avoid headaches
7 projects | dev.to | 1 Feb 2022

The dependency tree is quite complicated when you take different versions into account, see our README for an example. This plugin handles different versions correctly.

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.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing serverless-externals-plugin and chrome-aws-lambda you can also consider the following projects:

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

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

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

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

lambda-layer-sharp - An AWS Lambda Layer for the Sharp node module. Automatically published on updates.

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

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.