AWS Lambda Runtime API

The Lambda Runtime API enables you to use custom runtimes to run functions in any programming language. The runtime API provides an HTTP API for custom runtimes to receive invocation events from Lambda and send response data back within the Lambda execution environment.

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aid: aws-lambda:aws-lambda-runtime-api
name: AWS Lambda Runtime API
description: The Lambda Runtime API enables you to use custom runtimes to run functions in any programming
  language. The runtime API provides an HTTP API for custom runtimes to receive invocation events from
  Lambda and send response data back within the Lambda execution environment.
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/runtimes-api.html
baseURL: https://lambda.{region}.amazonaws.com
tags:
- Custom Runtime
- Functions
- Runtime
- Serverless
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/lambda-runtimes.html
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/runtimes-api.html
contact:
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/