@aws-sdk/credential-provider-http
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AWS credential provider for containers and HTTP sources
An internal transitively required package.
See https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/credential-providers
Similar to @aws-sdk/credential-provider-http, this package is used to load AWS credentials. However, it loads credentials from local INI-formatted files (e.g., ~/.aws/credentials). It's useful for development environments but less suited for production environments compared to @aws-sdk/credential-provider-http, which can dynamically fetch credentials.
This package specifically targets the retrieval of AWS credentials from the EC2 Instance Metadata Service (IMDS). It offers functionality similar to one aspect of @aws-sdk/credential-provider-http but is exclusively focused on EC2 instances. The @aws-sdk/credential-provider-http package is more versatile as it also supports custom HTTP endpoints.
This package retrieves AWS credentials set in environment variables. It's a simpler approach compared to @aws-sdk/credential-provider-http, suitable for scenarios where credentials are statically defined in the environment. However, it lacks the dynamic credential retrieval capabilities of @aws-sdk/credential-provider-http.
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AWS credential provider for containers and HTTP sources
The npm package @aws-sdk/credential-provider-http receives a total of 47,306,142 weekly downloads. As such, @aws-sdk/credential-provider-http popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @aws-sdk/credential-provider-http 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.
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