@aws-sdk/credential-provider-env
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AWS credential provider that sources credentials from known environment variables
The @aws-sdk/credential-provider-env package is designed to provide AWS credentials from environment variables to applications. It is part of the AWS SDK for JavaScript (v3), which is a modular collection of software for interfacing with AWS services. This package specifically helps in retrieving AWS credentials set in the environment variables, making it easier to manage credentials in a secure and scalable way, especially in containerized or serverless environments where direct file access might be limited.
Retrieving AWS credentials from environment variables
This feature allows the application to automatically load AWS credentials (such as AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, and optionally AWS_SESSION_TOKEN) from the environment variables. It is particularly useful in automated environments like CI/CD pipelines or when deploying to AWS services like AWS Lambda or ECS, where you can set environment variables securely.
const { fromEnv } = require('@aws-sdk/credential-provider-env');
const credentials = fromEnv();
// Use the credentials with an AWS SDK clientThe '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.
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.
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.
An internal package
You probably shouldn't, at least directly. Please use @aws-sdk/credential-providers instead.
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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 18,670,495 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 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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