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Oluwaseun Olaleye
Oluwaseun Olaleye

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BUILDING AN EVENT DRIVEN GAME NOTIFICATION APP

USE CASE
I was tasked with designing a Games Notification system, leveraging a serverless architecture. The solution utilizes an AWS Lambda function, integrates with an external API for data retrieval, and employs Amazon Simple Notification Service(SNS) for disseminating notifications.

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PREREQUISITES

  • AWS free tier account

  • Knowledge on serverless service

  • python

DEFINITION OF SERVICES.

  • AWS Lambda Function: It enables seamless code execution without requiring manual infrastructure configuration.

  • Simple Notification Service: It enables the delivery of notifications to subscribed endpoints, such as email addresses, phone numbers, or application endpoints.

  • Event Bridge: It serves as a scheduler and event bus, triggering the Lambda function at specified intervals.

Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
Let's create the SNS that will serve as a notification.

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Kindly leaves everything at default and create topic.
Next, is to create subscription so as to allow it to send to our email.

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Lambda Function
Firstly, let's create IAM role for the Lambda function to define its permissions and access to AWS services.

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Now let's create our Lambda function since we have created our policies and role.

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API KEY
I was able to get the free API key from https://sportsdata.io/cart/free-trial-confirmation/nba

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Code testing has been completed successfully, and the SNS has sent a confirmation email as expected.

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EVENTBRIDGE
Now, let's configure EventBridge to schedule the game notifications, ensuring timely and automated delivery.

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Conclusion

We have successfully implemented a game notification system utilizing a serverless architecture, leveraging AWS Lambda, Amazon SNS, and EventBridge. The system integrates with an external API using Python, enabling seamless notification delivery to users.

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