Trigger AWS Lambda function

trigger_lambda.py

import boto3
import json

REGION = "eu-west-1"
ENV = "dev"
FUNCTION_NAME = 'lambda-function-name'

session = boto3.session.Session(profile_name=ENV)
lambda_client = session.client('lambda', REGION)

def trigger_lambda_function(value):
    payload = {
      "key": value
    }
    return lambda_client.invoke(FunctionName=FUNCTION_NAME,
                                InvocationType="Event",
                                Payload=json.dumps(payload))
                                
response = trigger_lambda_function('some_value')