import boto3 client = boto3.client('rds') def lambda_handler(event, context): target_db_cluster_identifier=event['TargetDBClusterIdentifier'] payload = event.copy() try: response = client.describe_db_clusters(DBClusterIdentifier=target_db_cluster_identifier) payload['status'] = response['DBClusters'][0]['Status'] return payload except client.exceptions.DBClusterNotFoundFault as e: print(e) payload['status'] = 'not-found' payload['message'] = 'There is no cluster to remove...' return payload