diff --git a/src/helpers.zig b/src/helpers.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11c12a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+//! This consists of helper functions to provide simple access using standard
+//! patterns.
+const std = @import("std");
+const universal_lambda = @import("universal_lambda_handler");
+
+const Option = struct {
+    short: []const u8,
+    long: []const u8,
+};
+
+const target_option: Option = .{ .short = "t", .long = "target" };
+const header_option: Option = .{ .short = "h", .long = "header" };
+
+/// Finds the "target" for this request. In a web request, this is the path
+/// used for the request (e.g. "/" vs "/admin"). In a non-web environment,
+/// this is determined by a command line option -t or --target. Note that
+/// AWS API Gateway is not supported here...this is a configured thing in
+/// API Gateway, and so is pretty situational. It also would be presented in
+/// event data rather than context
+pub fn findTarget(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, context: universal_lambda.Context) ![]const u8 {
+    switch (context) {
+        .web_request => |res| return res.request.target,
+        .flexilib => |ctx| return ctx.request.target,
+        .none => return findTargetWithoutContext(allocator),
+    }
+}
+
+fn findTargetWithoutContext(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ![]const u8 {
+    // without context, we have environment variables (but for this, I think not),
+    // possibly event data (API Gateway does this if so configured),
+    // or the command line. For now we'll just look at the command line
+    var argIterator = try std.process.argsWithAllocator(allocator);
+    _ = argIterator.next();
+    var is_target_option = false;
+    while (argIterator.next()) |arg| {
+        if (is_target_option) {
+            if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "-") or
+                std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "--"))
+            {
+                // bad user input, but we're not returning errors here
+                return "/";
+            }
+            return arg;
+        }
+        if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "-" ++ target_option.short) or
+            std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "--" ++ target_option.long))
+        {
+            // We'll search for --target=blah style first
+            var split = std.mem.splitSequence(u8, arg, "=");
+            _ = split.next();
+            if (split.next()) |s| return s; // found it
+            is_target_option = true;
+        }
+    }
+    return "/";
+}
+
+pub fn getFirstHeaderValue(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, context: universal_lambda.Context, header_name: []const u8) !?[]const u8 {
+    switch (context) {
+        .web_request => |res| return res.request.headers.getFirstValue(header_name),
+        .flexilib => |ctx| {
+            for (ctx.request.headers) |hdr| {
+                if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(hdr.name_ptr[0..hdr.name_len], header_name)) {
+                    return hdr.value_ptr[0..hdr.value_len];
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        },
+        .none => return findHeaderWithoutContext(allocator, header_name),
+    }
+}
+
+fn findHeaderWithoutContext(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, header_name: []const u8) !?[]const u8 {
+    // without context, we have environment variables
+    // possibly event data (API Gateway does this if so configured),
+    // or the command line. For headers, we'll prioritize command line options
+    // with a fallback to environment variables
+    var argIterator = try std.process.argsWithAllocator(allocator);
+    _ = argIterator.next();
+    var is_header_option = false;
+    while (argIterator.next()) |arg| {
+        if (is_header_option) {
+            if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "-") or
+                std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "--"))
+            {
+                return error.CommandLineError;
+            }
+            var split = std.mem.splitSequence(u8, arg, "=");
+            const name = split.next().?;
+            if (!std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(name, header_name)) continue;
+            if (split.next()) |s| return s; // found it
+            continue; // bad format, but we're not returning errors. We can cope with this one though
+        }
+        if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "-" ++ header_option.short) or
+            std.mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "--" ++ header_option.long))
+        {
+            // header option forms on command line:
+            // -h name=value
+            // --header name=value
+            is_header_option = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // not found on command line. Let's check environment
+    var map = try std.process.getEnvMap(allocator);
+    defer map.deinit();
+    var it = map.iterator();
+    while (it.next()) |kvp| {
+        // TODO: This is the only place where allocation is necessary. This
+        // will work, because in reality there is always an area allocator passed
+        // to us. But if there's not....
+        if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(kvp.key_ptr.*, header_name))
+            return try allocator.dupe(u8, kvp.value_ptr.*);
+    }
+    return null; // nowhere to be found
+}
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 70eb361..8b091c2 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const universal_lambda = @import("universal_lambda_handler");
-
+const helpers = @import("helpers.zig"); // not necessary, but these functions provide common access to common things
 pub fn main() !void {
     try universal_lambda.run(null, handler);
 }
 
 pub fn handler(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, event_data: []const u8, context: universal_lambda.Context) ![]const u8 {
-    _ = event_data;
-    _ = allocator;
-    _ = context;
-    return "hello world";
+    // our allocator is an area, so yolo
+    const target = try helpers.findTarget(allocator, context);
+    var al = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+    var writer = al.writer();
+    var args = try std.process.argsWithAllocator(allocator);
+    while (args.next()) |arg| {
+        try writer.print("\tcalled with arg: {s}\n", .{arg});
+    }
+    try writer.print("(target: {s}) Event data, from you, to me, to you: {s}\n", .{ target, event_data });
+    try writer.print("Value for header 'Foo' is: {s}\n", .{try helpers.getFirstHeaderValue(allocator, context, "foo") orelse "undefined"});
+    return al.items;
 }