STS

Client

class STS.Client

A low-level client representing AWS Security Token Service (STS)

Security Token Service (STS) enables you to request temporary, limited-privilege credentials for users. This guide provides descriptions of the STS API. For more information about using this service, see Temporary Security Credentials.

import boto3

client = boto3.client('sts')

These are the available methods:

• assume_role
• assume_role_with_saml
• assume_role_with_web_identity
• assume_root
• can_paginate
• close
• decode_authorization_message
• get_access_key_info
• get_caller_identity
• get_federation_token
• get_paginator
• get_session_token
• get_waiter

Client Exceptions

Client exceptions are available on a client instance via the exceptions property. For more detailed instructions and examples on the exact usage of client exceptions, see the error handling user guide.

The available client exceptions are:

• ExpiredTokenException
• IDPCommunicationErrorException
• IDPRejectedClaimException
• InvalidAuthorizationMessageException
• InvalidIdentityTokenException
• MalformedPolicyDocumentException
• PackedPolicyTooLargeException
• RegionDisabledException