title: MySQLDump RDS to S3 using Lambda
body: <p>I am looking up how to export RDS to S3 using Lambda, so far I found a Python node and Java API but I can't find a way of programmatically running something like <code>mysqldump</code> without the actual executable.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way of doing it?</p>
  
  <p>I am thinking using node.js to call <a href="https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/show-create-table.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>SHOW CREATE TABLE</code></a> for each element in <code>SHOW TABLES</code></p>
  
  <p>Then somehow create extended <code>INSERT</code> statements.</p>