# Add a Get Note API **URL:** \ **Category:** Chapter Comments\ **Created:** [May 9, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/add-a-get-note-api/132 "2018-05-09T19:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1

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_From @jayair on Mon Apr 10 2017 00:59:46 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ Link to chapter - [http://serverless-stack.com/chapters/add-a-get-note-api.html](http://serverless-stack.com/chapters/add-a-get-note-api.html) _Copied from original issue: [https://github.com/AnomalyInnovations/serverless-stack-com/issues/24](https://github.com/AnomalyInnovations/serverless-stack-com/issues/24)_ ---

_From @willybeans on Fri May 12 2017 02:16:37 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ Getting this when running the mock noteId parameter (serverless webpack invoke --function get --path event.json) Type Error --------------------------------------------- ``` Cannot read property 'handler' of undefined ``` ---

_From @jayair on Fri May 12 2017 17:23:03 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ @willybeans can you check your `serverless.yml` and look for the `handler` property? ---

_From @willybeans on Fri May 12 2017 19:23:45 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ @jayair here is the bottom part of the file: ```auto get: # Defines an HTTP API endpoint that calls the main function in get.js # - path: url path is /notes/{id} # - method: GET request handler: get.main events: - http: path: notes/{id} method: get cors: true authorizer: arn: arn:aws:cognito-idp:us-east-2:433151866650:userpool/us-east-2_mttWckAZq ``` ---

_From @fwang on Fri May 12 2017 21:26:32 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ @willybeans this error means the `get` handler was not found in serverless.yml. Could you share the rest of your serverless.yml file? ---

_From @willybeans on Sat May 13 2017 03:16:15 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ @fwang ```auto service: notes-app-api plugins: - serverless-webpack custom: webpackIncludeModules: true provider: name: aws runtime: nodejs6.10 stage: prod region: us-east-2 iamRoleStatements: - Effect: Allow Action: - dynamodb:DescribeTable - dynamodb:Query - dynamodb:Scan - dynamodb:GetItem - dynamodb:PutItem - dynamodb:UpdateItem - dynamodb:DeleteItem Resource: "arn:aws:dynamodb:us-east-1:*:*" get: # Defines an HTTP API endpoint that calls the main function in get.js # - path: url path is /notes/{id} # - method: GET request handler: get.main events: - http: path: notes/{id} method: get cors: true authorizer: arn: arn:aws:cognito-idp:us-east-2:433151866650:userpool/us-east-2_mttWckAZq ``` ---

_From @jayair on Sat May 13 2017 23:19:06 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ @willybeans just noticed that you are missing the `functions` block. Have a look at the `serverless.yml` from this chapter - [https://github.com/AnomalyInnovations/serverless-stack-demo-api/blob/add-a-get-note-api/serverless.yml#L29](https://github.com/AnomalyInnovations/serverless-stack-demo-api/blob/add-a-get-note-api/serverless.yml#L29). Notice, the `get` block is inside the `functions` block. ---

_From @Jaikant on Sun May 21 2017 08:11:59 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ I had to mark the main function as ‘async’ to avoid the error SyntaxError: await is a reserved word ---

_From @jayair on Sun May 21 2017 19:05:23 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ @Jaikant but isn’t it already? [https://github.com/AnomalyInnovations/serverless-stack-demo-api/blob/add-a-get-note-api/get.js#L4](https://github.com/AnomalyInnovations/serverless-stack-demo-api/blob/add-a-get-note-api/get.js#L4) Or do you mean something else? ---

_From @Jaikant on Mon May 22 2017 05:25:28 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ I seem to have missed that, maybe while moving through the chapters. thanks 🙂 ---

_From @idowolf on Mon Jun 12 2017 14:18:39 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ When I run the command `serverless webpack invoke --function get --path mocks/get-event.json` I’m getting ```auto Serverless: Bundling with Webpack... Time: 617ms Asset Size Chunks Chunk Names create.js 5.8 kB 0 [emitted] create get.js 5.88 kB 1 [emitted] get handler.js 2.28 kB 2 [emitted] handler Serverless: Run function get... { statusCode: 500, headers: { 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*', 'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials': true }, body: '{"status":false,"error":"Item not found."}' } ``` But when I ran the “create” command before it went well with statusCode 200. What could have gone wrong? ---

_From @jayair on Mon Jun 12 2017 17:27:46 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ @idowolf The get function uses the `id` from the note you created in the Create chapter. So make sure to replace this [https://github.com/AnomalyInnovations/serverless-stack-demo-api/blob/add-a-get-note-api/mocks/get-event.json#L3](https://github.com/AnomalyInnovations/serverless-stack-demo-api/blob/add-a-get-note-api/mocks/get-event.json#L3) with the one you get when you run the `create` command. ---

_From @yashg5 on Fri Jul 28 2017 13:04:07 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ How come item not found will be status code 500. i think there has to be another way to respond with proper status codes like 400, 404 ---

_From @jayair on Fri Jul 28 2017 17:25:59 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ @yashg5 Yeah we leave that to you. It’s pretty straightforward, the status codes are being set here - [https://github.com/AnomalyInnovations/serverless-stack-demo-api/blob/master/libs/response-lib.js#L6](https://github.com/AnomalyInnovations/serverless-stack-demo-api/blob/master/libs/response-lib.js#L6) ---

_From @sdooley-ebsco on Thu Nov 09 2017 14:01:19 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ When running… ```auto serverless invoke local --function get --path mocks/get-event.json ``` I get the following type error “lambda is not a function”. Any thoughts on what is causing this problem? ---

_From @jayair on Thu Nov 09 2017 18:54:38 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ @sdooley-ebsco It might be because `get` is probably not pointing to a function? It’s most likely a typo in your `serverless.yml`. ---

_From @omairhamid on Sun Dec 31 2017 01:15:36 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ In “get.js”, these are the first two lines: `import * as dynamoDbLib from "./libs/dynamodb-lib";` `import { success, failure } from "./libs/response-lib";` I thought I had installed my AWS CLI and other tools correctly, but when I run my /mocks/get-event.json, I get the following error: > ERROR in ./get.js > Module not found: Error: Can’t resolve ‘./libs/dynamodb-lib’ in ‘/notes-app-api’ > @ ./get.js 68:19-49 > ERROR in ./get.js > Module not found: Error: Can’t resolve ‘./libs/response-lib’ in ‘/notes-app-api’ > @ ./get.js 72:19-49 Where should it be finding /libs/response-lib and /libs/dynamodb-lib on my macOS, so that I can update the paths in get.js accordingly? Thank you ---

_From @jayair on Sun Dec 31 2017 04:06:33 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ @omairhamid We create both of these in the previous chapter here - [https://serverless-stack.com/chapters/add-a-create-note-api.html#refactor-our-code](https://serverless-stack.com/chapters/add-a-create-note-api.html#refactor-our-code) ---

_From @omairhamid on Sun Dec 31 2017 14:30:13 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ @jayair Thank you. I have no idea how I missed that. Happy new year! ---

_From @starkos on Thu Jan 25 2018 01:04:45 GMT+0000 (UTC)_ When running… ``` serverless invoke local --function get --path mocks/get-event.json ``` I get the error… ``` Unexpected token u in JSON at position 0 ``` Which appears related to [this SO question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43959961/serverless-lambda-function-throwing-error-when-trying-to-insert-data-into-dynamo). Adding… ``` "body": "{\"text\":\"\"}" ``` …to `get-event.json` fixed it. [Next page](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/add-a-get-note-api/132.md?page=2)