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 Identity and Access Management (IAM) users or for users that you authenticate (federated users). This guide provides descriptions of the STS API. For more information about using this service, see Temporary Security Credentials.

client = session.create_client('sts')

These are the available methods:

• assume_role
• assume_role_with_saml
• assume_role_with_web_identity
• 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