How to install pymysql on AWS lambda : <p>I've looked <a href="https://github.com/cleesmith/get_html_head_title_tag" rel="noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/lambda-python-how-to-create-deployment-package.html" rel="noreferrer">here</a> as I've been trying to work out how to get <code>pymysql</code> running on AWS lambda. The examples I've looked at so far are extremely complex, and with the GitHub tutorial I got as far as IAM before I started running into permissions errors I didn't know how to solve. </p>

<p>Literally, all I want to be able to do is call <code>import pymysql</code> within the prebuilt AWS lambda console template. </p>

<p>It seems like a simple problem, but I'm having a hard time finding a clear, step-by-step work through of how to get new dependencies to work for my lambda function. Ideally the example would <em>not</em> by via AWS CLI, since apparently there is a console option and this seems like it would take some of the headache out of the process. </p>

<p>Cheers,</p>

<p>Aaron </p>
