Using A Query string value in my AWS Lambda function
<p>So I have followed this gudie from another stack question:</p>

<p>The steps to get this working are:</p>

<ol>
<li>go to Resources -> Integration Request</li>
<li>click on the plus or edit icon next to templates dropdown (odd I know since the template field is already open and the button here looks greyed out)</li>
<li>Explicitly type application/json in the content-type field even though it shows a default (if you don't do this it will not save and will not give you an error message)</li>
<li>Put this in the input mapping { "name": "$input.params('name')" }</li>
<li>click on the check box next to the templates dropdown (I'm assuming this is what finally saves it)</li>
</ol>

<p>I understand this however I don't understand how I can then use this parameter within my lambda function (Python)</p>

<p>I have tried input.name with no success.</p>