Allow nodejs build to run npm install with --omit=dev

[braun1928]

Is your request related to a problem? Please describe.

When building node lambda, it runs just a npm install. If the package.json file has things in devDependencies, the package file may get a bit bloated unnecessarily. Specific case: one lambda goes from 4MB to 28MB, and obviously, takes a little longer to install the dependencies.

Describe the solution you'd like.

A way to signal the build process to append --omit=dev with node packages.

Describe alternatives you've considered.

Using a command list in source_path works, BUT that makes it not possible to use build_in_docker, which renders another list of issues (lots of different runtimes needed, CI pipelines, etc).

[sachasmart]

What if you create a separate resource like:

resource "null_resource" "node_build" {
...
  provisioner "local-exec" {
    command = "<build command>"
  }

....
data "archive_file" "lambda_package" {
  depends_on  = [null_resource.function_binary]
  type        = "zip"
  source_file = "<path>"
  output_path = "<path>"
}

...

Then point your lambda resource block to that archive_file resources.