How to Use WebSockets with AWS Serverless

In this guide, we are going to see how we can use WebSockets using an AWS serverless framework with NodeJs. At the end of this guide, we will have an application where we can create a chat room and other users can join our room to chat with each other in a custom room. I made the procedure very simple to follow, and at the end of this post, you will also get a link to the Github repository for the code.

Project Setup

The first thing is to set up the project folder and install the required project dependencies by creating a new folder and running the below commands in the root of the project folder.