How to use aws-cli commands inside Boto3

Question

Hi,

I need to describe users from AWS Appstream Stacks. Below is the command to describe users

#aws appstream describe-user-stack-associations --stack-name <examplestack> --region <regionname>

but i need to use aws cli commands inside Boto3(Python). How to do?

Answer 1

Hi@Lakshminarayanan,

I am not able to understand the use case. You are trying to use aws cli command in boto3. But you can do all the tasks using boto3 syntax. For example, You are using AWS appstream command in AWS cli. You can do the same in boto3 also as shown below.

import boto3
client = boto3.client('appstream')

These are the available methods:
associate_fleet()
batch_associate_user_stack()
batch_disassociate_user_stack()
can_paginate()
copy_image()
create_directory_config()
create_fleet()
create_image_builder()
create_image_builder_streaming_url()
create_stack()
create_streaming_url()
create_usage_report_subscription()
create_user()
delete_directory_config()
delete_fleet()
delete_image()
delete_image_builder()
delete_image_permissions()
delete_stack()
delete_usage_report_subscription()
delete_user()
describe_directory_configs()
describe_fleets()
describe_image_builders()
describe_image_permissions()
describe_images()
describe_sessions()
describe_stacks()
describe_usage_report_subscriptions()
describe_user_stack_associations()
describe_users()
disable_user()
disassociate_fleet()
enable_user()
expire_session()
generate_presigned_url()
get_paginator()
get_waiter()
list_associated_fleets()
list_associated_stacks()
list_tags_for_resource()
start_fleet()
start_image_builder()
stop_fleet()
stop_image_builder()
tag_resource()
untag_resource()
update_directory_config()
update_fleet()
update_image_permissions()
update_stack()

Comments

Hi,

i have tried with below code. But this code doesn't listing users from command line. Kindly check below one,

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import boto3

client = boto3.client('appstream',aws_access_key_id='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',aws_secret_access_key='yyyyyyyy')

session = boto3.Session(region_name='us-west-2', profile_name='exampleaws')

response = client.describe_user_stack_associations(
    StackName='ss',
    UserName='Latchu',
    AuthenticationType='USERPOOL',
#    MaxResults=123,
#    NextToken='string'
)

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I trying to list users which are associated with Appstream Stack. I hope you understand my question. i'm trying to listing user details using above code. But no listing, even no error in code.

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Thats why i choose AWS-CLI commands inside boto3. I can list use below command, but i can't list users using boto3 code.

#aws appstream describe-user-stack-associations --stack-name ss --region us-west-2

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Hi,

But according to me, you can't use aws cli inside boto3. Ok do one thing if you are using aws cli command then use a simple python script. Because if you are using aws command inside boto3 means boto3 script will work as simple python script.

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ok sure i will check