Cognito Client

A client to smooth over process of common authentication scenarios using AWS Cognito. Intended to be used within an interactive terminal environment (e.g. Python Notebook, CLI).

Usage

Install

pip install cognito_client

Use

Create an .env file in the format of examples/env.example and create a client in the same directory:

client = CognitoClient()

OR pass the Cognito identifiers as arguments to the function:

client = CognitoClient(
    client_id="XXX",
    user_pool_id="us-west-XXX",
    identity_pool_id="us-west-2:XXX",
)

See examples/temporary-credentials-example.ipynb.