### To build you image:

docker build -t <image name> .

### To run your image locally:
docker run -p 9000:8080 <image name>

### In a separate terminal, you can then locally invoke the function using cURL:
curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9000/2015-03-31/functions/function/invocations" -d '{"payload":"hello world!"}'

### Payload to pass in aws console for the lambda function:
{
  "payload": "hello world!"
}

###  Payload to pass in aws cli for the lambda function:
 aws lambda invoke \
    --function-name your_function_name \
    --payload '{"payload":"hello world!"}' \
    response.json