The AWS SDK for JavaScript V3 API Reference Guide describes in detail all the API operations for the AWS SDK for JavaScript version 3 (V3).

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Managing Topics in Amazon SNS

This Node.js code example shows:

The Scenario

In this example, you use a series of Node.js modules to create, list, and delete Amazon SNS topics, and to handle topic attributes. The Node.js modules use the SDK for JavaScript to manage topics using these methods of the SNS client class:

Prerequisite Tasks

To set up and run this example, you must first complete these tasks:

Creating a Topic

In this example, use a Node.js module to create an Amazon SNS topic.

Create a libs directory, and create a Node.js module with the file name snsClient.js. Copy and paste the code below into it, which creates the Amazon SNS client object. Replace REGION with your AWS Region.

import  { SNSClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-sns";
// Set the AWS Region.
const REGION = "REGION"; //e.g. "us-east-1"
// Create SNS service object.
const snsClient = new SNSClient({ region: REGION });
export  { snsClient };

This example code can be found here on GitHub.

Create a Node.js module with the file name sns_createtopic.js. Configure the SDK as previously shown, including installing the required clients and packages.

Create an object to pass the Name for the new topic to the CreateTopicCommand method of the SNS client class. To call the CreateTopicCommand method, create an asynchronous function invoking an Amazon SNS service object, passing the parameters object. The data returned contains the ARN of the topic.

// Import required AWS SDK clients and commands for Node.js
import {CreateTopicCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-sns";
import {snsClient } from "./libs/snsClient.js";

// Set the parameters
const params = { Name: "TOPIC_NAME" }; //TOPIC_NAME

const run = async () => {
  try {
    const data = await snsClient.send(new CreateTopicCommand(params));
    console.log("Success.",  data);
    return data; // For unit tests.
  } catch (err) {
    console.log("Error", err.stack);
  }
};
run();

To run the example, enter the following at the command prompt.

node sns_createtopic.js 

This example code can be found here on GitHub.

Listing Your Topics

In this example, use a Node.js module to list all Amazon SNS topics.

Create a libs directory, and create a Node.js module with the file name snsClient.js. Copy and paste the code below into it, which creates the Amazon SNS client object. Replace REGION with your AWS Region.

import  { SNSClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-sns";
// Set the AWS Region.
const REGION = "REGION"; //e.g. "us-east-1"
// Create SNS service object.
const snsClient = new SNSClient({ region: REGION });
export  { snsClient };

This example code can be found here on GitHub.

Create a Node.js module with the file name sns_listtopics.js. Configure the SDK as previously shown, including installing the required clients and packages.

Create an empty object to pass to the ListTopicsCommand method of the SNS client class. To call the ListTopicsCommand method, create an asynchronous function invoking an Amazon SNS service object, passing the parameters object. The data returned contains an array of your topic Amazon Resource Names (ARNs).

// Import required AWS SDK clients and commands for Node.js
import {ListTopicsCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-sns";
import {snsClient } from "./libs/snsClient.js";

const run = async () => {
  try {
    const data = await snsClient.send(new ListTopicsCommand({}));
    console.log("Success.",  data);
    return data; // For unit tests.
  } catch (err) {
    console.log("Error", err.stack);
  }
};
run();

To run the example, enter the following at the command prompt.

node sns_listtopics.js 

This sample code can be found here on GitHub.

Deleting a Topic

In this example, use a Node.js module to delete an Amazon SNS topic.

Create a libs directory, and create a Node.js module with the file name snsClient.js. Copy and paste the code below into it, which creates the Amazon SNS client object. Replace REGION with your AWS Region.

import  { SNSClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-sns";
// Set the AWS Region.
const REGION = "REGION"; //e.g. "us-east-1"
// Create SNS service object.
const snsClient = new SNSClient({ region: REGION });
export  { snsClient };

This example code can be found here on GitHub.

Create a Node.js module with the file name sns_deletetopic.js. Configure the SDK as previously shown, including installing the required clients and packages.

Create an object containing the TopicArn of the topic to delete to pass to the DeleteTopicCommand method of the SNS client class. To call the DeleteTopicCommand method, create an asynchronous function invoking an Amazon SNS client service object, passing the parameters object.

// Load the AWS SDK for Node.js

// Import required AWS SDK clients and commands for Node.js
import {DeleteTopicCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-sns";
import {snsClient } from "./libs/snsClient.js";

// Set the parameters
const params = { TopicArn: "TOPIC_ARN" }; //TOPIC_ARN

const run = async () => {
  try {
    const data = await snsClient.send(new DeleteTopicCommand(params));
    console.log("Success.",  data);
    return data; // For unit tests.
  } catch (err) {
    console.log("Error", err.stack);
  }
};
run();

To run the example, enter the following at the command prompt.

node sns_deletetopic.js 

This example code can be found here on GitHub.

Getting Topic Attributes

In this example, use a Node.js module to retrieve attributes of an Amazon SNS topic.

Create a libs directory, and create a Node.js module with the file name snsClient.js. Copy and paste the code below into it, which creates the Amazon SNS client object. Replace REGION with your AWS Region.

import  { SNSClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-sns";
// Set the AWS Region.
const REGION = "REGION"; //e.g. "us-east-1"
// Create SNS service object.
const snsClient = new SNSClient({ region: REGION });
export  { snsClient };

This example code can be found here on GitHub.

Create a Node.js module with the file name sns_gettopicattributes.js. Configure the SDK as previously shown.

Create an object containing the TopicArn of a topic to delete to pass to the GetTopicAttributesCommand method of the SNS client class. To call the GetTopicAttributesCommand method, invoking an Amazon SNS client service object, passing the parameters object.

// Import required AWS SDK clients and commands for Node.js
import {GetTopicAttributesCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-sns";
import {snsClient } from "./libs/snsClient.js";

// Set the parameters
const params = { TopicArn: "TOPIC_ARN" }; // TOPIC_ARN

const run = async () => {
  try {
    const data = await snsClient.send(new GetTopicAttributesCommand(params));
    console.log("Success.",  data);
    return data; // For unit tests.
  } catch (err) {
    console.log("Error", err.stack);
  }
};
run();

To run the example, enter the following at the command prompt.

node sns_gettopicattributes.js 

This example code can be found here on GitHub.

Setting Topic Attributes

In this example, use a Node.js module to set the mutable attributes of an Amazon SNS topic.

Create a libs directory, and create a Node.js module with the file name snsClient.js. Copy and paste the code below into it, which creates the Amazon SNS client object. Replace REGION with your AWS Region.

import  { SNSClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-sns";
// Set the AWS Region.
const REGION = "REGION"; //e.g. "us-east-1"
// Create SNS service object.
const snsClient = new SNSClient({ region: REGION });
export  { snsClient };

This example code can be found here on GitHub.

Create a Node.js module with the file name sns_settopicattributes.js. Configure the SDK as previously shown.

Create an object containing the parameters for the attribute update, including the TopicArn of the topic whose attributes you want to set, the name of the attribute to set, and the new value for that attribute. You can set only the Policy, DisplayName, and DeliveryPolicy attributes. Pass the parameters to the SetTopicAttributesCommand method of the SNS client class. To call the SetTopicAttributesCommand method, create an asynchronous function invoking an Amazon SNS cleint service object, passing the parameters object.

// Import required AWS SDK clients and commands for Node.js
import {SetTopicAttributesCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-sns";
import {snsClient } from "./libs/snsClient.js";

// Set the parameters
const params = {
  AttributeName: "ATTRIBUTE_NAME", // ATTRIBUTE_NAME
  TopicArn: "TOPIC_ARN", // TOPIC_ARN
  AttributeValue: "NEW_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE", //NEW_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
};

const run = async () => {
  try {
    const data = await snsClient.send(new SetTopicAttributesCommand(params));
    console.log("Success.",  data);
    return data; // For unit tests.
  } catch (err) {
    console.log("Error", err.stack);
  }
};
run();

To run the example, enter the following at the command prompt.

node sns_settopicattributes.js 

This example code can be found here on GitHub.