Amplify-js: Kinesis Firehose

[vincekd]

* Which Category is your question related to? *
Analytics
* What AWS Services are you utilizing? *
Cognito, Kinesis
* Provide additional details e.g. code snippets *
versions:

"aws-amplify": "^1.1.36",
"aws-amplify-angular": "^3.0.11",

I'm attempting to send user analytics to a firehose stream from an angular app (running in a browser). However, after creating/setting the IAM policy and configuring amplify, I get the following error in the console when calling this.amplify.analytics().record(record, "AWSKinesis"):

 [DEBUG] 36:45.265 AWSKineisProvider - Failed to upload records to Kinesis 
ResourceNotFoundException: "Stream test-data under account 0000000000000 not found."

The firehose exists and is named correctly. Not sure what the issue is here, except maybe that it's looking for a stream rather than a firehose?

[jordanranz]

Hey @vincekd,

Kinesis Firehose is currently not supported in Amplify JS. There is however a PR open for adding support. Here is the PR: https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-js/pull/2823

I'll sync with the team to understand what is needed to get this merged in.

[vincekd]

Hi Jordan,

Thanks for the response. What's the recommended way to use firehose in the meantime?

[bonisb]

@jordanranz I tried to merge this in for months... without any luck. However it's not even my PR, I kept it up to date, so it was mergeable. not anymore tho (and it won't be done by me for sure!)...

@vincekd It works if you send the events to Kinesis, and create a Firehose with a Kinesis source... that's the workaround

[bonisb]

some more context from the amplify gitter lobby which was completely ignored:
https://gitter.im/AWS-Amplify/Lobby?at=5d726d76c5939027202331bc

"Hi all, this PR is sitting here a while ago: aws-amplify/amplify-js#2823 . Does anyone know when we can expect a merge? In my opinion Firehose should be a key feature in amplify's tracking, and right now it only works with the Kinesis to Firehose workaround. Also, other amplify platforms already implemented it... it's ready here too with tests and everything, so I don't really get why it's not merged... Does anyone have any update on this? It's ready to merge since 25th July..."

^ 6th Spetember...

[jordanranz]

Hey @bonisb, apologies for the delay here. I'll make sure this is picked up and merged asap.

[vincekd]

@jordanranz is there a workaround that doesn't require paying for two aws services?

[vincekd]

@jordanranz What is the status on the merge?

[iartemiev]

@vincekd The PR has been merged and is currently available in the unstable release, which can be installed with: yarn add aws-amplify@unstable

[jordanranz]

This has been released and the docs are available here. Closing this issue now. Please open a new issue if you are experiencing any related problems.