#!/usr/bin/env python import boto3 import os import random import string ''' This lambda handler submits a job to a AWS Batch queue. JobQueue, and JobDefinition environment variables must be set. These environment variables are intended to be set to the Name, not the Arn. ''' def lambda_handler(event,context): # Grab data from environment jobqueue = os.environ['JobQueue'] jobdef = os.environ['JobDefinition'] # Create unique name for the job (this does not need to be unique) job1Name = 'job1' + ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits, k=4)) # Set up a batch client session = boto3.session.Session() client = session.client('batch') # Submit the job job1 = client.submit_job( jobName=job1Name, jobQueue=jobqueue, jobDefinition=jobdef ) print("Started Job: {}".format(job1['jobName']))