Download file from AWS S3 using Python

Question

I am trying to download a file from Amazon S3 bucket to my local using the below code but I get an error saying \"Unable to locate credentials\"

Given below is the c

Answer 1

From an example in the official documentation, the correct format is:

import boto3

s3 = boto3.client('s3', aws_access_key_id=... , aws_secret_access_key=...)
s3.download_file('BUCKET_NAME', 'OBJECT_NAME', 'FILE_NAME')

You can also use a file-like object opened in binary mode.

s3 = boto3.client('s3', aws_access_key_id=... , aws_secret_access_key=...)
with open('FILE_NAME', 'wb') as f:
    s3.download_fileobj('BUCKET_NAME', 'OBJECT_NAME', f)

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The code in question uses s3 = boto3.client ('s3'), which does not provide any credentials.

The format for authenticating a client is shown here:

import boto3
client = boto3.client(
    's3',
    aws_access_key_id=ACCESS_KEY,
    aws_secret_access_key=SECRET_KEY,
    aws_session_token=SESSION_TOKEN,
)

# Or via the Session
session = boto3.Session(
    aws_access_key_id=ACCESS_KEY,
    aws_secret_access_key=SECRET_KEY,
    aws_session_token=SESSION_TOKEN,
)

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And lastly you can also re-use the authenticated session you created to get the bucket, and then download then file from the bucket.

from boto3.session import Session
import boto3

ACCESS_KEY = 'ABC'
SECRET_KEY = 'XYZ'

session = Session(aws_access_key_id=ACCESS_KEY,
              aws_secret_access_key=SECRET_KEY)

# session is authenticated and can access the resource in question 
session.resource('s3')
    .Bucket('bucket_name')
    .download_file('k.png','/Users/username/Desktop/k.png')