AWS parameter store access in lambda function

Question

I'm trying to access the parameter store in an AWS lambda function. This is my code, pursuant to the documentation here: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/latest/AWS/SSM.html

var ssm = new AWS.SSM({apiVersion: '2014-11-06'});
var ssm_params1 = {
    Name: 'XXXX', /* required */
    WithDecryption: true
};

ssm.getParameter(ssm_params1, function(err, data) {
  if (err) console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
  else     clientId = data.value;
});

Upon execution, I get the error:

"TypeError: ssm.getParameter is not a function"

Did amazon change this without changing the docs? Did this function move to another type of object?

Answer 1

Please check and try the latest version of the SDK. It is not the case that Amazon has ditched the getParameter method in favor of only getParameters. The fact is the method is getParameter, together with getParametersByPath, is newly added methods. Old version of SDK would not resolve these methods.