sam generate-event - How to set isBase64 to false?

Question

Hope you are doing well!

I have been learning a bit on AWS and trying to test lambda locally. Currently I am trying to test the lambda by generating an event as if it comes from the API gateway.

I am using the following command after building my lambda application.

sam local generate-event apigateway aws-proxy --path retrievestatus --**body {"email":"abc@gmail.com"} **| sam local invoke -e - App

The event gets generated and the lambda is invoked. However I have a small issue here. The event generated has the following -

{
  **"body": "e2VtYWlsOmJ1bHVzdXNhc2hhbmtAZ21haWwuY29tfQ==",**
  "resource": "/{proxy+}",
  "path": "/retrievestatus",
  "httpMethod": "POST",
  **"isBase64Encoded": true,**

My lambda is not really expecting a base64 encoded string. So I am looking for any suggestions to turn isBase64Encoded to false when I use SAM locally.

I have tried to check the options supported by running  - "sam local generate-event apigateway aws-proxy -h" and couldn't find anything to turn it off.

Appreciate any help here.

Accepted Answer

Based on the code in github, the event is always generated with base64 encoding. What I would suggest is to create the event once and modify it manually. Then use the saved event when you invoke the function using the `-e` parameter in `sam local invoke`.

sam generate-event - How to set isBase64 to false?

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