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@aws-sdk/credential-provider-env
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@aws-sdk/credential-provider-env
AWS credential provider that sources credentials from known environment variables
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-env
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Usage
You probably shouldn't, at least directly. Please use @aws-sdk/credential-providers instead.
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aws-sdk
The 'aws-sdk' package is the older version of the AWS SDK for JavaScript. It also supports loading credentials from environment variables, but it does so as part of a larger, monolithic package. Compared to @aws-sdk/credential-provider-env, 'aws-sdk' is less modular and might introduce more dependencies than necessary if you only need to load credentials.
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-ini
Similar to @aws-sdk/credential-provider-env, this package is part of the AWS SDK for JavaScript (v3) and provides functionality to load AWS credentials. However, instead of loading from environment variables, it loads credentials from a shared credentials file (typically located at ~/.aws/credentials). This approach is useful for local development or in scenarios where setting environment variables is not preferred.
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-cognito-identity
This package is another credential provider within the AWS SDK for JavaScript (v3) ecosystem. It differs from @aws-sdk/credential-provider-env by providing a way to obtain AWS credentials based on Cognito Identity. This is particularly useful for mobile or web applications that authenticate users and then provide access to AWS resources directly from the client-side.
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AWS credential provider that sources credentials from known environment variables
The npm package @aws-sdk/credential-provider-env receives a total of 31,930,085 weekly downloads. As such, @aws-sdk/credential-provider-env popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @aws-sdk/credential-provider-env demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 14 Nov 2025
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