from aws_lambda_powertools.utilities.jmespath_utils import query from aws_lambda_powertools.utilities.typing import LambdaContext def handler(event: dict, context: LambdaContext) -> dict: payload = query(data=event, envelope="powertools_json(body)") customer_id = payload.get("customerId") # now deserialized # also works for fetching and flattening deeply nested data some_data = query(data=event, envelope="deeply_nested[*].some_data[]") return {"customer_id": customer_id, "message": "success", "context": some_data, "statusCode": 200}