AWS SDK for Python Documentation

The AWS SDK for Python provides a Python API for AWS infrastructure services. Using the SDK for Python, you can build applications on top of Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon DynamoDB, and more.

AWS provides two SDKs for building Python applications on AWS:

AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) — General Availability. The established, production-ready SDK with synchronous access to all AWS services. Use Boto3 for production workloads.
AWS SDK for Python — Developer Preview. A next-generation SDK with native asynchronous support, modular per-service packages, and bidirectional HTTP/2 streaming. Use this SDK to evaluate these capabilities and provide feedback in development and test environments only.

For guidance on choosing between the two SDKs, see Choosing the right SDK.

SDK for Python (Boto3)

Quickstart

Install and configure the SDK for Python (Boto3), and run a simple program.

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User Guides

Get information about general features and related tools of the SDK for Python (Boto3).

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Available Services

Get reference information for the AWS service APIs in the SDK for Python (Boto3).

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Core References

Get reference information for the core Boto3, collections, resources, and session APIs in the SDK for Python (Boto3).

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Customization References

Get reference information for the DynamoDB and Amazon S3 customization APIs in the SDK for Python (Boto3).

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SDK for Python (Developer Preview)

Developer Guide

Describes the features of the SDK for Python and how to use them.

API Reference

Describes the API operations for the Developer Preview of the SDK for Python.

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Additional resources

AWS SDKs and Tools Reference Guide

AWS Code Examples Repository

A collection of code examples that describe how to build applications with AWS SDKs.

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