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# Asynchronous Lambda Invocation
In order to invoke a Lambda asynchronously, pass `InvocationType="Event"` to the `invoke()` call. This is useful for, among other things, a hub/message routing Lambda that calls other ones in a fire-and-forget manner. [^1]
[^1]: This is likely not an ideal architecture, there are usually better alternatives
## Source
- [[MLE-51#^mrowd0|MLE-51]]
- [Lambda API Invoke AWS Documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/API_Invoke.html)