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David
David

Reputation: 2620

Using Python Boto with AWS Support API

I've used boto to interact with S3 with with no problems, but now I'm attempting to connect to the AWS Support API to pull back info on open tickets, trusted advisor results, etc. It seems that the boto library has different connect methods for each AWS service? For example, with S3 it is:

conn = S3Connection(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)

According to the boto docs, the following should work to connect to AWS Support API:

>>> from boto.support.connection import SupportConnection
>>> conn = SupportConnection('<aws access key>', '<aws secret key>')

However, there are a few problems I see after digging through the source code. First, boto.support.connection doesn't actually exist. boto.connection does, but it doesn't contain a class SupportConnection. boto.support.layer1 exists, and DOES have the class SupportConnection, but it doesn't accept key arguments as the docs suggest. Instead it takes 1 argument - an AWSQueryConnection object. That class is defined in boto.connection. AWSQueryConnection takes 1 argument - an AWSAuthConnection object, class also defined in boto.connection. Lastly, AWSAuthConnection takes a generic object, with requirements defined in init as:

class AWSAuthConnection(object):
    def __init__(self, host, aws_access_key_id=None,
                 aws_secret_access_key=None,
                 is_secure=True, port=None, proxy=None, proxy_port=None,
                 proxy_user=None, proxy_pass=None, debug=0,
                 https_connection_factory=None, path='/',
                 provider='aws', security_token=None,
                 suppress_consec_slashes=True,
                 validate_certs=True, profile_name=None):

So, for kicks, I tried creating an AWSAuthConnection by passing keys, followed by AWSQueryConnection(awsauth), followed by SupportConnection(awsquery), with no luck. This was inside a script.

Last item of interest is that, with my keys defined in a .boto file in my home directory, and running python interpreter from the command line, I can make a direct import and call to SupportConnection() (no arguments) and it works. It clearly is picking up my keys from the .boto file and consuming them but I haven't analyzed every line of source code to understand how, and frankly, I'm hoping to avoid doing that.

Long story short, I'm hoping someone has some familiarity with boto and connecting to AWS API's other than S3 (the bulk of material that exists via google) to help me troubleshoot further.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1838

Answers (1)

garnaat
garnaat

Reputation: 45906

This should work:

import boto.support
conn = boto.support.connect_to_region('us-east-1')

This assumes you have credentials in your boto config file or in an IAM Role. If you want to pass explicit credentials, do this:

import boto.support
conn = boto.support.connect_to_region('us-east-1', aws_access_key_id="<access key>", aws_secret_access_key="<secret key>")

This basic incantation should work for all services in all regions. Just import the correct module (e.g. boto.support or boto.ec2 or boto.s3 or whatever) and then call it's connect_to_region method, supplying the name of the region you want as a parameter.

Upvotes: 2

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