This PR adds support for exposing Swift OpenAPI Lambda functions behind
an Application Load Balancer (ALB), providing an alternative to API
Gateway for HTTP routing to Lambda functions.
## Changes
### New ALB Support
- **OpenAPILambdaALB Protocol**: New protocol for ALB integration
alongside existing API Gateway support
- **ALB Event Handling**: Added `ALBTargetGroupRequest` and
`ALBTargetGroupResponse` support
- **HTTP Request Conversion**: Extension methods to convert ALB events
to/from HTTP requests/responses
### Core Library Updates
- **ALB-related source files**: New `/Sources/ALB/` directory with
ALB-specific implementations
- **Event Type Support**: Support for `ALBTargetGroupRequest` events
from Elastic Load Balancing
- **Response Mapping**: Proper mapping from OpenAPI responses to ALB
target group responses
### Complete ALB Example
- **QuoteAPI ALB Example**: Full working example in
`Examples/quoteapi-alb/`
- **Infrastructure as Code**: Complete SAM template with VPC, subnets,
security groups, and ALB
- **Build System**: Makefile and Docker build support for ALB deployment
- **Documentation**: Comprehensive README with ALB-specific deployment
instructions
### Key Files Added
```
Sources/ALB/
├── OpenAPILambdaALB.swift
└── ALBTargetGroup+HTTPRequest.swift
Examples/quoteapi-alb/
├── Package.swift
├── template.yaml
├── Makefile
├── README.md
├── Sources/QuoteAPI/QuoteService.swift
├── Sources/QuoteAPI/openapi.yaml
├── Sources/QuoteAPI/openapi-generator-config.yaml
└── events/GetQuote.json
```
## Usage
### Simple ALB Integration
```swift
@main
struct QuoteServiceALBImpl: APIProtocol, OpenAPILambdaALB {
func register(transport: OpenAPILambdaTransport) throws {
try self.registerHandlers(on: transport)
}
static func main() async throws {
let service = QuoteServiceALBImpl()
try await service.run()
}
// Your OpenAPI implementation...
}
```
### Key Differences from API Gateway
- Uses `OpenAPILambdaALB` instead of `OpenAPILambdaHttpApi`
- Handles `ALBTargetGroupRequest` events instead of
`APIGatewayV2Request`
- Returns `ALBTargetGroupResponse` instead of `APIGatewayV2Response`
- Requires VPC infrastructure (included in SAM template)
- No built-in authorization (implement via custom middleware if needed)
## Benefits
- **Cost Optimization**: ALB can be more cost-effective for high-traffic
applications
- **VPC Integration**: Native VPC support for private network access
- **Load Balancing**: Advanced load balancing features and health checks
- **WebSocket Support**: Future WebSocket support through ALB
- **Flexibility**: Choice between API Gateway and ALB based on use case
## Testing
- ✅ ALB example builds successfully with `sam build`
- ✅ Local testing with `sam local invoke`
- ✅ Complete infrastructure deployment via SAM
- ✅ HTTP requests properly routed through ALB to Lambda
- ✅ OpenAPI specification compatibility maintained
## Deployment
Deploy the ALB example:
```bash
cd Examples/quoteapi-alb
sam build && sam deploy --guided
```
Test the deployed endpoint:
```bash
curl http://[alb-dns-name]/stocks/AAPL
```
## Backward Compatibility
This is a purely additive change:
- Existing API Gateway implementations continue to work unchanged
- No breaking changes to existing APIs
- New ALB support is opt-in via protocol conformance
- Update this library to support the upcoming release of AWS Lambda
Runtime for Swift v2.
This change affects the public API (some `Sendable` added) and requires
a major version bump. I propose to release v2 to align this library's
major with the Swift AWS Lambda Runtime's major.
- Add a QuoteAPI example in the `Examples` directory
Sébastien Stormacq
Victor Hugo Barros