Python Pusher in AWS Lambda

Question

Using AWS Lambda to send push notifications to Pusher app in Python. When I install Pusher and all its dependencies to a directory and zip up to Lambda I run a simple test and get this error.

No module named ndg.httpsclient.ssl_peer_verification
Here is the code I'm trying to run.

from pusher import Pusher

pusher = Pusher(app_id=u'id', key=u'key', secret=u'secret')
def createPitchZip(context, event):
    pusher.trigger('testchannel', 'testevent', {u'some': u'data'})

Can anyone help me in this case?

Answer 1

Using virtualenv to keep track of dependencies will be a good choice for you.

Steps to implement this: 

 1. virtualenv env
 2. env/bin/pip install <your packages>
 3. cd env/lib/python2.7/site-packages; zip -r mylambda.zip *
 4. also zip your lambda handler 

If you have installed everything properly, then zip file mylambda.zip will contain everything you need.