python - How to choose an AWS profile when using boto3 to connect to CloudFront

168
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I am using the Boto 3 python library, and want to connect to AWS CloudFront. I need to specify the correct AWS Profile (AWS Credentials), but looking at the official documentation, I see no way to specify it.

I am initializing the client using the code: client = boto3.client('cloudfront')

However, this results in it using the default profile to connect. I couldn't find a method where I can specify which profile to use.

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See also: read and download a file from AWS S3 with profiles – Martin Thoma
have you tried using the keys into the code? (also you can use env var to hide it from the code) client = boto3.client('s3', aws_access_key_id = '<access-key>', aws_secret_access_key = '<secret-key>') – Ivan Carrasco Quiroz

4 Answers

293
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I think the docs aren't wonderful at exposing how to do this. It has been a supported feature for some time, however, and there are some details in this pull request.

So there are three different ways to do this:

Option A) Create a new session with the profile

    dev = boto3.session.Session(profile_name='dev')

Option B) Change the profile of the default session in code

    boto3.setup_default_session(profile_name='dev')

Option C) Change the profile of the default session with an environment variable

    $ AWS_PROFILE=dev ipython
    >>> import boto3
    >>> s3dev = boto3.resource('s3')
51
votes

Do this to use a profile with name 'dev':

session = boto3.session.Session(profile_name='dev')
s3 = session.resource('s3')
for bucket in s3.buckets.all():
    print(bucket.name)
42
votes

This section of the boto3 documentation is helpful.

Here's what worked for me:

session = boto3.Session(profile_name='dev')
client = session.client('cloudfront')
7
votes

Just add profile to session configuration before client call. boto3.session.Session(profile_name='YOUR_PROFILE_NAME').client('cloudwatch')