title: AWS Lambda read contents of file in zip uploaded as source code
body: <p>I have two files:</p>
  
  <pre><code>MyLambdaFunction.py
  
  config.json
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I zip those two together to create <em>MyLambdaFunction.zip</em>.  I then upload that through the AWS console to my lambda function.  </p>
  
  <p>The contents of <em>config.json</em> are various environmental variables.  I need a way to read the contents of the file each time the lambda function runs, and then use the data inside to set run time variables.</p>
  
  <p>How do I get my Python Lambda function to read the contents of a file, <em>config.json</em>, that was uploaded in the zip file with the source code?</p>