# Step 2: Executing the SNS-linked sample application
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1. In the AWS Lambda console, on the navigation panel, choose **Applications**.

1. On the **Applications** page, in the search field, search for `serverlessrepo-fork-example-ecommerce-{{my-app}}` and then choose the application.

1. In the **Resources** section, do the following:

   1. To find the resource whose type is **ApiGateway RestApi**, sort the resources by **Type**, for example `ServerlessRestApi`, and then expand the resource.

   1. Two nested resources are displayed, of types **ApiGateway Deployment** and **ApiGateway Stage**.

   1. Copy the link **Prod API endpoint** and append `/checkout` to it, for example: 

      ```
      https://abcdefghij.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Prod/checkout
      ```

1. Copy the following JSON to a file named `test_event.json`.

   ```
   {
      "id": 15311,
      "date": "2019-03-25T23:41:11-08:00",
      "status": "confirmed",
      "customer": {
         "id": 65144,		
   	 "quantity": 2,
         "price": 25.00,
         "subtotal": 50.00
      }]
   }
   ```

1. To send an HTTPS request to your API endpoint, pass the sample event payload as input by executing a `curl` command, for example:

   ```
   curl -d "$(cat test_event.json)" https://abcdefghij.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Prod/checkout
   ```

   The API returns the following empty response, indicating a successful execution:

   ```
   { }
   ```