AWS Lambda VScode launch.json - amazon-web-services

Question

Recently AWS introduced launch configurations support for SAM debugging in the AWS Toolkit for VS Code
Ref : https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/introducing-launch-configurations-support-for-sam-debugging-in-the-aws-toolkit-for-vs-code/
It means we cant use templates.json file, instead need to use launch.json to send in your event to lambda.
I want to send a test event to lambda function (a SQS message).
Before introducing launch configuration templates.json had it like this (and it worked fine):
"templates": {
"xxxxxxxx/template.yaml": {
"handlers": {
"xxxxxxxxx.lambdaHandler": {
"event": {
"Records": [
{
"messageId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"receiptHandle": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"body": "{\"operation\": \"publish\", \"data\": { \"__typename\": \"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\", \"id\": \"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\" }}",
"attributes": {
"ApproximateReceiveCount": "1",
"SentTimestamp": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"SequenceNumber": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"MessageGroupId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"SenderId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:LambdaFunctionTest",
"MessageDeduplicationId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
},
"messageAttributes": {
"environment": {
"DataType": "String",
"stringValue": "Dev"
}},
"md5OfBody": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"eventSource": "aws:sqs",
"eventSourceARN": "arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:xxx.fifo",
"awsRegion": "us-east-1"
}
]
},
"environmentVariables": {}
}
............
But in launch.json , i pasted the Records in the following way and it is not excepting, see also attached jpg screenshot.
{
"configurations": [
{
"type": "aws-sam",
"request": "direct-invoke",
"name": "xxxxxxxx)",
"invokeTarget": {
"target": "code",
"projectRoot": "xxxxxxxx",
"lambdaHandler": "xxxxxxxx.lambdaHandler"
},
"lambda": {
"runtime": "nodejs12.x",
"payload": {
"json": {
"Records": [
{
"messageId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"receiptHandle": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"body": "{\"operation\": \"publish\", \"data\": { \"__typename\": \"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\", \"id\": \"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\" }}",
"attributes": {
"ApproximateReceiveCount": "1",
"SentTimestamp": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"SequenceNumber": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"MessageGroupId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"SenderId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:LambdaFunctionTest",
"MessageDeduplicationId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
},
"messageAttributes": {
"environment": {
"DataType": "String",
"stringValue": "Dev"
}},
"md5OfBody": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"eventSource": "aws:sqs",
"eventSourceARN": "arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:xxx.fifo",
"awsRegion": "us-east-1"
}
]
},
},
}
},
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