A session manages state about a particular configuration. By default, a session is created for you when needed. However, it's possible and recommended that in some scenarios you maintain your own session. Sessions typically store the following:
You can also manage your own session and create low-level clients or resource clients from it::
import boto3
import boto3.session
# Create your own session
my_session = boto3.session.Session()
# Now we can create low-level clients or resource clients from our custom session
sqs = my_session.client('sqs')
s3 = my_session.resource('s3')
Session configurations
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You can configure each session with specific credentials, AWS Region information, or profiles. The most common configurations you might use are:
*``aws_access_key_id`` - A specific AWS access key ID.
*``aws_secret_access_key`` - A specific AWS secret access key.
*``region_name`` - The AWS Region where you want to create new connections.
*``profile_name`` - The profile to use when creating your session.
..note::
Only set the ``profile_name`` parameter when a specific profile is required for your session. To use the default profile, don’t set the ``profile_name`` parameter at all. If the ``profile_name`` parameter isn't set *and* there is no default profile, an empty config dictionary will be used.
For a detailed list of per-session configurations, see the `Session core reference <https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/core/session.html>`_.
Multithreading or multiprocessing with sessions
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Similar to ``Resource`` objects, ``Session`` objects are not thread safe
and should not be shared across threads and processes. It's recommended
to create a new ``Session`` object for each thread or process::
import boto3
import boto3.session
import threading
class MyTask(threading.Thread):
def run(self):
# Here we create a new session per thread
session = boto3.session.Session()
# Next, we create a resource client using our thread's session object