This article is a must-read for anyone who interacts with AWS using Python, and particularly the Boto3 library. Before you can start using boto3 on you AWS Account, you’re required to have done the following prerequisites before you can interact with AWS Services using Boto3 with your credentials: Install Python3 and Boto3 on your system Install the AWS CLI and configure an AWS profile Install Python3

Then configure the AWS profile on the AWS CLI as follows: ➜ aws configure AWS Access Key ID [None]: AWS Secret Access Key [None]: Default region name [None]: Default output format [json]: json

You can create and configure the AWS credentials file manually or use the AWS CLI command aws configure.

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