Stripe module is not being found in AWS Lambda function - amazon-web-services

Question

I have an app with an Amplify backend and I am getting an error when calling my Lambda:
"Error: Cannot find module 'stripe'\nRequire stack:\n- /var/task/index.js\n- /var/runtime/UserFunction.js\n- /var/runtime/index.js"
I have installed stripe and see it in my dependencies from the main folder but not in the dependencies for my function. I tried to install stripe in my functions folder with no change. I am using React 17.0.2. The stripe version is 9.6.0.
I found a post with a similar problem but they were already able to install stripe: AWS Lambda Error: Cannot find module 'stripe' Require stack
My Lambda:
const aws = require('aws-sdk');
const ddb = new aws.DynamoDB({apiVersion: '2012-10-08'});
const stripe = require('stripe')('secret key');
/**
* #type {import('#types/aws-lambda').APIGatewayProxyHandler}
*/
exports.handler = async (event) => {
try {
const tableName = process.env.tableName
const {username, email} = event.arguments.input
const account = await stripe.accounts.create({
type: 'express',
email: `${email}`,
metadata: {user: `${username}`}
});
console.log("Account creation response: ", account)
console.log("Account id: ", account.id)
// store the Stripe account id in DBB
let ddbParams = {
Item: {
'stripe_id': `${account.id}`
},
TableName: tableName
}
try {
await ddb.putItem(ddbParams).promise()
console.log("Successfully updated stripe_id field")
} catch (err) {
console.log("Storing to DB error: ", err)
}
const accountId = account.id
const accountLink = await stripe.accountLinks.create({
account: accountId,
//Swap for live website
refresh_url: 'http://localhost:3000/profile',
return_url: 'http://localhost:3000/listingform',
type: 'account_onboarding',
});
console.log('Account link response :', accountLink)
return accountLink
} catch (err) {
throw new Error(err)
}
};
My package.json in my functions folder:
{
"name": "createStripeConnectAccount",
"version": "2.0.0",
"description": "Lambda function generated by Amplify",
"main": "index.js",
"license": "Apache-2.0",
"devDependencies": {
"#types/aws-lambda": "^8.10.92"
}
}
UDPATE:
I managed to install stripe and have it as a dependency but I still get the same error.
My package.json now looks like this:
{
"name": "createStripeConnectAccount",
"version": "2.0.0",
"description": "Lambda function generated by Amplify",
"main": "index.js",
"license": "Apache-2.0",
"devDependencies": {
"#types/aws-lambda": "^8.10.92"
},
"dependencies": {
"save": "^2.5.0",
"stripe": "^9.6.0"
}
}

Answer 1

The solution is to first install Stripe in the src folder of the function. This didn't show up in the external terminal I had opened so I had to right click on the src folder and open a terminal in there. Then run npm install.
Keeping this question up for any other new developers or people new to AWS.