Python script to download files from aws

You can use [SCP][1]. You can install the SCP server in your local machine but the problem is that your local machine probably doesn't have a private IP, so every time that your local IP change you have to update the script. Maybe you should think about to do whatever you need to do with this file directly on EC2 Instance or if it's a real manual thing, sending via email, maybe?

Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Downloading a file from s3 to local machine using boto3 python Ask Question. Asked 1 year, 11 months ago. Active 1 year, 11 months ago. Viewed times. Here's my code: import os import boto3 from boto3. Improve this question. DiamondJoe12 DiamondJoe12 1, 3 3 gold badges 18 18 silver badges 49 49 bronze badges. I'm not sure I understand your comment.

Are you saying the code should be: s3. Where so you run this entire python script? Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. The script has to run on your local Windows machine not on EC2 instance. Improve this answer. I'd like to be able to do this in a python script that is hosted on EC2 instance.

It looks like you've provided a solution in command line above, do you have a solution that would work to be run from a python script on an EC2 instance? Both the script and the command will have the same result, running them on the EC2 instance will download the file to the EC2 instance. No other solutions possible. Do I use boto3 to copy it from the EC2 instance? Where can i find documentation on this? You can copy with scp if you have ssh access from your local machine to the EC2 instance.

Honestly, the simplest way is to run the command or script directly on your local machine. Show 5 more comments. You can use [SCP][1] You can install the SCP server in your local machine but the problem is that your local machine probably doesn't have a private IP, so every time that your local IP change you have to update the script. ErikHenrique ErikHenrique 21 5 5 bronze badges.

Find centralized, trusted content and collaborate around the technologies you use most. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I am trying to download a file from Amazon S3 bucket to my local using the below code but I get an error saying "Unable to locate credentials". You are not using the session you created to download the file, you're using s3 client you created. If you want to use the client you need to specify credentials. From an example in the official documentation , the correct format is:.

The format for authenticating a client is shown here :. And lastly you can also re-use the authenticated session you created to get the bucket , and then download then file from the bucket. It abstracts the S3 functions into a simpler interface. It also supports directory sync, uploading files, permissions and many other things you need to sync files from S3 and ftp.

You can setup your AWS profile with awscli to avoid introduce your credentials in the file. First add your profile:. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Asked 3 years, 6 months ago. Active 5 months ago. Viewed 88k times. I am trying to download a file from Amazon S3 bucket to my local using the below code but I get an error saying "Unable to locate credentials" Given below is the code I have written: from boto3.

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