Using boto3 on GAE - getting issue with Popen

Question

I am attempting to run some python code in Google App Engine which sends a message to Amazon SQS.

I have installed boto3, but I am getting an error when trying to i

Answer 1

boto3 doesn't work with app engine because of the app engine sandbox. Use the latest version of boto2 instead.

I should add that the above is for GAE standard environment. boto3 might work with GAE flexible. Please update your question if you need further info.

Answer 2

App Engine has been changed to support boto3 in the Python 2.7 native environment as of September 24th, 2019. However, it still does not support boto3 in the local development server.