Category: AWS SDK for Python

Overview On May 30, 2022, the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3 and Botocore) and the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v1 will no longer support Python 3.6. This will be the third in a recent series of runtime deprecations which started in 2021. The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has adopted a model of 5 […]

On July 15, 2021, in order to continue supporting our customers with tools that are secure and maintainable, AWS will publish a minor version bump of the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v1 and AWS SDK for Python (boto3 and botocore). These new versions will require a Python 3.6+ runtime, formally ending our Python […]

We are pleased to announce the first preview release of an asynchronous Amazon Transcribe streaming SDK for Python. Amazon Transcribe streaming transcription enables you to send an audio stream and receive a stream of text in real time. This initial preview release of the SDK provides simple and easy to use interfaces for the Amazon […]

On February 1, 2021, the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3 and Botocore) and the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v1 will no longer support Python 3.4 and Python 3.5. We encourage you to upgrade to Python 3.6 or later (this deprecation doesn’t affect customers using Python 2.7). Per the Python Software Foundation, Python 3.4.10 […]

The latest release of AWS Chalice, v1.17.0, now includes a test client that enables you to write tests for your Chalice applications using a concise and simplified API. The test client handles all the boilerplate setup and teardown logic that you’d previously have to write yourself when testing your Chalice applications. This new test client […]

In this blog, we will build a simple service based on Amazon API Gateway and AWS Lambda for managing users in Amazon DynamoDB table. I will be using AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) and AWS Chalice frameworks to develop both infrastructure and application logic as code. There is some overlap between CDK and Chalice […]

We strongly recommend upgrading from boto to boto3, the latest major version of the AWS SDK for Python. The previous major version, boto, does not default to validating HTTPS certificates for Amazon S3 when you are: Using a Python version less than 2.7.9 or Using Python 2.7.9 or greater and are connecting to S3 through […]

Version 1.5.0 of AWS Chalice, a microframework for writing serverless applications in python, adds support for three new event sources in AWS Lambda. You can now configure a Lambda function to be invoked automatically in response to an Amazon SNS message being published to a topic, an Amazon SQS message being sent to a queue, […]