sample EC2 code for aws-sdk

aws.js

/* use http://localhost:8080/api/:environment/:searchstring
   environment and searchstring is case sensitive. 
   please install express (npm install express)
*/

var aws = require('aws-sdk');
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

aws.config.logger = process.stdout;

//setup your AWS security
aws.config.loadFromPath('./aws.config');
var ec2 = new aws.EC2({region: 'ap-southeast-2'});


app.use(express.logger('dev'));

app.get('/api/:environment/:search', function (req,res){

var environmentString = req.params.environment;
var searchString = req.params.search;

var params = {
              Filters:[
                      {'Name':'tag:EnvironmentCode','Values':[environmentString]},
                      {'Name':'tag:Name',        'Values':[searchString]}
                      ]
             };


  ec2.describeInstances(params,function(err,data){
    if (err) {
	  console.log("ERROR" + err);
	  res.end("ERROR"+ JSON.stringify(err));
	};
	//console.log('params submitted' + params);
    res.end(JSON.stringify(data.Reservations));
  });
});

app.listen(8080, function(){
  console.log('Booting up Express @ http://localhost:8080');
});