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Micronaut AWS Lambda and S3 Event

Learn how to generate thumbnails for images uploaded to an S3 bucket with AWS Lambda and the Micronaut framework

Sergio del Amo

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Getting Started

In this guide, we will create a Micronaut application written in Java.

What you will need

To complete this guide, you will need the following:

Some time on your hands
A decent text editor or IDE (e.g. IntelliJ IDEA)
JDK 21 or greater installed with JAVA_HOME configured appropriately

Solution

We recommend that you follow the instructions in the next sections and create the application step by step. However, you can go right to the completed example.

Download and unzip the source

Writing the App

Create an application using the Micronaut Command Line Interface or with Micronaut Launch.

mn create-function-app example.micronaut.micronautguide --features=aws-lambda-s3-event-notification --build=maven --lang=java

Note	If you don’t specify the `--build` argument, Gradle with the Kotlin DSL is used as the build tool. If you don’t specify the `--lang` argument, Java is used as the language. If you don’t specify the `--test` argument, JUnit is used for Java and Kotlin, and Spock is used for Groovy.

If you use Micronaut Launch, select serverless function as the application type and add the aws-lambda-s3-event-notification feature.

The previous command creates a Micronaut application with the default package example.micronaut in a directory named micronautguide.

Setup IntelliJ IDEA to develop Micronaut Applications.

Thumbnail Configuration

Add the following configuration:

src/main/resources/application.properties

thumbnail.width=256
thumbnail.height=256

Create an interface to encapsulate configuration:

java/src/main/java/example/micronaut/ThumbnailConfiguration.java

package example.micronaut;

import io.micronaut.core.annotation.NonNull;

public interface ThumbnailConfiguration {

    @NonNull
    Integer getWidth();

    @NonNull
    Integer getHeight();
}

java/src/main/java/example/micronaut/ThumbnailConfigurationProperties.java

package example.micronaut;

import io.micronaut.context.annotation.ConfigurationProperties;
import io.micronaut.core.annotation.NonNull;

import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;

@ConfigurationProperties("thumbnail") // 
public class ThumbnailConfigurationProperties implements ThumbnailConfiguration {

    @NonNull
    @NotNull // 
    private Integer width;

    @NonNull
    @NotNull // 
    private Integer height;

    @Override
    @NonNull
    public Integer getWidth() {
        return width;
    }

    public void setWidth(@NonNull Integer width) {
        this.width = width;
    }

    @Override
    @NonNull
    public Integer getHeight() {
        return height;
    }

    public void setHeight(@NonNull Integer height) {
        this.height = height;
    }
}

1	The `@ConfigurationProperties` annotation takes the configuration prefix.
2	You can use validation constraints in the `@ConfigurationProperties` objects.

Thumbnail Generation

Create a contract for thumbnail generation. We leverage the @Pattern annotation to accept only jpg and png files.

java/src/main/java/example/micronaut/ThumbnailGenerator.java

package example.micronaut;

import io.micronaut.core.annotation.NonNull;

import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
import jakarta.validation.constraints.Pattern;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Optional;

public interface ThumbnailGenerator {

    @NonNull
    Optional<byte[]> thumbnail(@NonNull InputStream inputStream,
                               @NonNull @NotBlank @Pattern(regexp = "jpg|png") String format);
}

Add a dependency to Thumbnailator, a thumbnail generation library for Java.

pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.coobird</groupId>
    <artifactId>thumbnailator</artifactId>
    <version>@thumbnailatorVersion@</version>
    <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

Create an implementation of ThumbnailGenerator that uses Thumbnailator.

java/src/main/java/example/micronaut/ThumbnailatorThumbnailGenerator.java

package example.micronaut;

import io.micronaut.core.annotation.NonNull;
import net.coobird.thumbnailator.Thumbnails;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
import jakarta.validation.constraints.Pattern;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Optional;

@Singleton // 
public class ThumbnailatorThumbnailGenerator implements ThumbnailGenerator {
    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ThumbnailatorThumbnailGenerator.class);
    private final ThumbnailConfiguration thumbnailConfiguration;

    public ThumbnailatorThumbnailGenerator(ThumbnailConfiguration thumbnailConfiguration) { // 
        this.thumbnailConfiguration = thumbnailConfiguration;
    }

    @Override
    @NonNull
    public Optional<byte[]> thumbnail(@NonNull InputStream inputStream, @NonNull @NotBlank @Pattern(regexp = "jpg|png") String format) {
        ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        try {
            Thumbnails.of(inputStream)
                    .size(thumbnailConfiguration.getWidth(), thumbnailConfiguration.getHeight())
                    .outputFormat(format)
                    .toOutputStream(byteArrayOutputStream);
            return Optional.of(byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray());

        } catch (IOException e) {
            LOG.warn("IOException thrown while generating the thumbnail");
        }
        return Optional.empty();
    }
}

1	Use `jakarta.inject.Singleton` to designate a class as a singleton.
2	Use constructor injection to inject a bean of type `ThumbnailConfiguration`.

Handler

When you select the feature aws-lambda-s3-event-notification, the application build includes the following dependency:

pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
    <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
    <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

To inject an S3Client, add the following dependencies:

pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.micronaut.aws</groupId>
    <artifactId>micronaut-aws-sdk-v2</artifactId>
    <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
    <artifactId>s3</artifactId>
    <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

The handler receives an S3 notification event and, for each S3 event of type ObjectCreated, creates a thumbnail if the S3 object is a PNG or JPG in the thumbnails folder of the same S3 bucket that triggered the event.

java/src/main/java/example/micronaut/FunctionRequestHandler.java

package example.micronaut;

import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.events.models.s3.S3EventNotification;
import io.micronaut.serde.annotation.Serdeable;
import io.micronaut.function.aws.MicronautRequestHandler;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import software.amazon.awssdk.core.sync.RequestBody;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.GetObjectRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.PutObjectRequest;
import jakarta.inject.Inject;
import java.util.Locale;

@Serdeable
public class FunctionRequestHandler
        extends MicronautRequestHandler<S3EventNotification, Void> { // 
    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FunctionRequestHandler.class);
    private static final String SLASH = "/";
    private static final String THUMBNAILS = "thumbnails";
    public static final String OBJECT_CREATED = "ObjectCreated";
    private static final String JPG = "jpg";
    private static final String PNG = "png";
    private static final char DOT = '.';

    @Inject
    public S3Client s3Client; // 

    @Inject
    public ThumbnailGenerator thumbnailGenerator; // 

    @Override
    public Void execute(S3EventNotification input) {
        for (S3EventNotification.S3EventNotificationRecord record : input.getRecords()) {

            LOG.info("event name: {}" , record.getEventName());
            if (record.getEventName().contains(OBJECT_CREATED)) { // 
                S3EventNotification.S3Entity s3Entity = record.getS3();
                String bucket = s3Entity.getBucket().getName();
                String key = s3Entity.getObject().getKey();
                int index = key.lastIndexOf(DOT);
                if (index != -1) {
                    String format = key.substring(index + 1).toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
                    if (format.equals(PNG) || format.equals(JPG)) {
                        thumbnailGenerator.thumbnail(s3Client.getObject(GetObjectRequest.builder()
                                .bucket(bucket)
                                .key(key)
                                .build()), format)
                                .ifPresent(bytes -> s3Client.putObject(PutObjectRequest.builder()
                                        .key(thumbnailKey(key))
                                        .bucket(bucket)
                                        .build(), RequestBody.fromBytes(bytes)));
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    private static String thumbnailKey(String key) {
        int index = key.lastIndexOf(SLASH);
        String fileName = index != -1 ? key.substring(index + SLASH.length()) : key;
        return THUMBNAILS + SLASH + fileName;
    }
}

1	We want to handle `S3EventNotification` events.
2	Injection for `S3Client`.
3	Injection for `ThumbnailGenerator`.
4	Extra verification that the event is an `ObjectCreated` event.

S3

Create an S3 bucket.

Inside the bucket, create two folders: thumbnails and images.

Lambda

Create a Lambda function. As a runtime, select Java 21.

IAM Role

Grant permissions to access the S3 bucket to the IAM role associated with the Lambda.

Triggers

Create two S3 triggers, one for PNGs and one for JPGs:

Configure the trigger to:

Listen only to PUT events.
Only for files uploaded to the images folder.
Only for files suffixed jpg.

Upload Code

Create an executable jar including all dependencies:

./mvnw package

Upload it:

Handler

In the AWS Console, as the handler, set:

example.micronaut.FunctionRequestHandler

Test

You can test it easily: upload a JPG file to the images folder of the S3 bucket you created. You can do this directly in the AWS Console. In a few seconds, you will see a thumbnail saved in the thumbnails folder of the bucket.

Help with the Micronaut Framework

The Micronaut Foundation sponsored the creation of this Guide. A variety of consulting and support services are available.

License

Note	All guides are released with an Apache License 2.0 for the code and a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license for the writing and media (images).