'Given a message, directly invoke the lamdba function for this task.'

def _send(self, message):

    message['command'] = 'zappa.async.route_lambda_task'
    payload = json.dumps(message).encode('utf-8')
    if (len(payload) > 128000):
        raise AsyncException('Payload    too    large    for    async    Lambda    call')
    self.response = self.client.invoke(FunctionName=self.lambda_function_name, InvocationType='Event', Payload=payload)
    self.sent = (self.response.get('StatusCode', 0) == 202)
