[Python] How to import any lib from zip lambda layer despite nesting libs properly

I did try the 2 solutions - nesting properly my Python libs inside zip folder:

layer_content.zip
└ python
└ lib
└ python3.11
└ site-packages
└ requests
└ <other_dependencies> (i.e. dependencies of the requests package)
└ ...


and following another tip that Amazon just changed its requirement and all libs should go directly into python folder. But both options don't work.

my_layer.zip:
- python
- requests
- psycopg2
- snowflake-connector

my_layer_nested.zip:
└ python
└ lib
└ python3.11
└ site-packages
└ requests
└ snowflake-connector



Neither work, it does not see the requests module:

import json
import requests



def lambda_handler(event, context):
url = "https://api.github.com"
response = requests.get(url)

return {
'statusCode': 200,
'body': json.dumps({
'message': 'Layer test successful!',
'data': response.json()
})
}



I tried using both separate zip folders as layers, here is the output:

Status: Failed
Test Event Name: kljlj

Response:
{
"errorMessage": "Unable to import module 'lambda_function': No module named 'requests'",
"errorType": "Runtime.ImportModuleError",
"requestId": "",
"stackTrace": []
}

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