AWS SDK - how to create a lambda function to listGroups from user pool?

Question

I'm new at AWS Lambda Functions and I want to create a new function to fetch user groups from my Cognito User Pool generated by Amplify, I saw many examples but so far my function didn't work, I think I'm probably missing some permission, I'm not sure. Here is my function:

const AWS = require('aws-sdk');

exports.handler = async (event) => {
    let cognito = new AWS.CognitoIdentityServiceProvider();
    const params = { UserPoolId: 'us-east-1_xxxxxxx'};
    
    let res = { status: 'no changes' };
    
    cognito.listGroups(params, function(err, data) {
      console.log('inside of response')
      if (err) {
        res = { error: err };
      }
      else {
        res = { data: data };
      }
      
    })
    
    const response = {
      statusCode: 200,
      body: JSON.stringify(res),
    };
    return response; 
};

I already add permission following this answer here

I'm following the API docs here to call the Cognito listGroups method.

For permissions, the role associate with this function has this policy:

I'm doing everything online, and to test it I'm just using the Test button, so far the only response I got was: { status: 'no changes' }, not even the log inside of the function is displayed.

How to make this function work to listGroups from my Amplify Cognito User Poll? Is there any permission missing?

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move cognito.listGroups to a separate function and return promise. Await cognito.listGroups in handler for result — Nonik
Thanks @Nonik. Moving the to separate function wasn't the answer but gave me an idea to use .promise() and get that function to work. — Lucas Andrade

Lucas Andrade Lucas Andrade · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-25T21:05:27

I manager to get it to work:

const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
let cognito = new AWS.CognitoIdentityServiceProvider();


exports.handler = async (event) => {
    const params = { UserPoolId: 'us-east-1_xxxxxxx'};
    
    let res = { status: 'no changes' };
    
    await cognito.listGroups(params, function(err, data) {
      if (err) {
        res = { error: err };
      }
      else {
        res = { data: data };
      }
    }).promise();
    
    
    const response = {
      statusCode: 200,
      body: JSON.stringify(res),
    };
    return response; 
};

I was missing the await and the .promise() at the end of cognito call.

AWS SDK - how to create a lambda function to listGroups from user pool?

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