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Overview

The AWS Security Token Service is a web service that enables you to request temporary, limited-privilege credentials for AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users or for users that you authenticate (federated users). This guide provides descriptions of the AWS Security Token Service API.

For more detailed information about using this service, go to Using Temporary Security Credentials.

For information about setting up signatures and authorization through the API, go to Signing AWS API Requests in the AWS General Reference. For general information about the Query API, go to Making Query Requests in Using IAM. For information about using security tokens with other AWS products, go to Using Temporary Security Credentials to Access AWS in Using Temporary Security Credentials.

If you’re new to AWS and need additional technical information about a specific AWS product, you can find the product’stechnical documentation at http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/.

We will refer to Amazon Identity and Access Management using the abbreviated form IAM. All copyrights and legal protections still apply.

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