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@aws-sdk/credential-provider-web-identity
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@aws-sdk/credential-provider-web-identity
AWS credential provider that calls STS assumeRole for temporary AWS credentials
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-web-identity
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Usage
You probably shouldn't, at least directly. Please use @aws-sdk/credential-providers instead.
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This package provides authentication capabilities for Amazon Cognito User Pools. It's similar to @aws-sdk/credential-provider-web-identity in that it deals with web identity and federated identities but is specifically tailored for Amazon Cognito, whereas @aws-sdk/credential-provider-web-identity is more generic and can work with any OpenID Connect compatible identity provider.
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AWS credential provider that calls STS assumeRole for temporary AWS credentials
The npm package @aws-sdk/credential-provider-web-identity receives a total of 31,771,427 weekly downloads. As such, @aws-sdk/credential-provider-web-identity popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @aws-sdk/credential-provider-web-identity 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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