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Author: Vlad Emelianov

Requires Python: >=3.8

Classifiers

Development Status

5 - Production/Stable

Intended Audience

Developers

Environment

Console

License

OSI Approved :: MIT License

Natural Language

English

Operating System

OS Independent

Programming Language

Python :: 3
Python :: 3.8
Python :: 3.9
Python :: 3.10
Python :: 3.11
Python :: 3.12
Python :: 3.13
Python :: 3.14
Python :: 3 :: Only
Python :: Implementation :: CPython

Typing

Stubs Only

boto3-stubs-full

Type annotations for boto3 1.40.56 compatible with VSCode, PyCharm, Emacs, Sublime Text, mypy, pyright and other tools.

Generated with mypy-boto3-builder 8.11.0.

More information can be found on boto3-stubs page and in boto3-stubs-full docs.

See how it helps you find and fix potential bugs:

types-boto3 demo

boto3-stubs-full

How to install

Generate locally (recommended)

You can generate type annotations for boto3 package locally with mypy-boto3-builder. Use uv for build isolation.

Run mypy-boto3-builder in your package root directory: uvx --with 'boto3==1.40.56' mypy-boto3-builder
Select boto3-stubs AWS SDK.
Add all available services.
Use provided commands to install generated packages.

VSCode extension

Add AWS Boto3 extension to your VSCode and run AWS boto3: Quick Start command.

Click Auto-discover services and select services you use in the current project.

From PyPI with pip

Install boto3-stubs-full to add type checking for boto3 package.

# install type annotations
python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs[full]'

# or install annotations in sync with boto3 version
python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs[full,boto3]'

How to uninstall

# uninstall boto3-stubs
python -m pip uninstall -y boto3-stubs-full boto3-stubs

Usage

VSCode

Install Python extension
Install Pylance extension
Set Pylance as your Python Language Server
Install boto3-stubs-full in your environment:

python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs[full]'

Both type checking and code completion should now work. No explicit type annotations required, write your boto3 code as usual.

PyCharm

⚠️ Due to slow PyCharm performance on Literal overloads (issue PY-40997), it is recommended to use boto3-stubs-lite until the issue is resolved.

⚠️ If you experience slow performance and high CPU usage, try to disable PyCharm type checker and use mypy or pyright instead.

⚠️ To continue using PyCharm type checker, you can try to replace boto3-stubs with boto3-stubs-lite:

python -m pip uninstall -y boto3-stubs
python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs-lite[full]'

Install boto3-stubs-lite in your environment:

python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs-lite[full]'

Both type checking and code completion should now work.

Emacs

Install boto3-stubs-full in your environment:

python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs[full]'

Install use-package, lsp, company and flycheck packages
Install lsp-pyright package

(use-package lsp-pyright
  :ensure t
  :hook (python-mode . (lambda ()
                          (require 'lsp-pyright)
                          (lsp)))  ; or lsp-deferred
  :init (when (executable-find "python3")
          (setq lsp-pyright-python-executable-cmd "python3"))
  )

Make sure emacs uses the environment where you have installed boto3-stubs-full

Type checking should now work. No explicit type annotations required, write your boto3 code as usual.

Sublime Text

Install boto3-stubs-full in your environment:

python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs[full]'

Install LSP-pyright package

Type checking should now work. No explicit type annotations required, write your boto3 code as usual.

Other IDEs

Not tested, but as long as your IDE supports mypy or pyright, everything should work.

mypy

Install mypy: python -m pip install mypy
Install boto3-stubs-full in your environment:

python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs[full]'

Type checking should now work. No explicit type annotations required, write your boto3 code as usual.

pyright

Install pyright: npm i -g pyright
Install boto3-stubs-full in your environment:

python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs[full]'

Optionally, you can install boto3-stubs-full to typings directory.

Type checking should now work. No explicit type annotations required, write your boto3 code as usual.

Pylint compatibility

It is totally safe to use TYPE_CHECKING flag in order to avoid boto3-stubs-full dependency in production. However, there is an issue in pylint that it complains about undefined variables. To fix it, set all types to object in non-TYPE_CHECKING mode.

from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from mypy_boto3_ec2 import EC2Client, EC2ServiceResource
    from mypy_boto3_ec2.waiters import BundleTaskCompleteWaiter
    from mypy_boto3_ec2.paginators import DescribeVolumesPaginator
else:
    EC2Client = object
    EC2ServiceResource = object
    BundleTaskCompleteWaiter = object
    DescribeVolumesPaginator = object

...

Explicit type annotations

To speed up type checking and code completion, you can set types explicitly.

import boto3
from boto3.session import Session

from mypy_boto3_ec2.client import EC2Client
from mypy_boto3_ec2.service_resource import EC2ServiceResource
from mypy_boto3_ec2.waiter import BundleTaskCompleteWaiter
from mypy_boto3_ec2.paginator import DescribeVolumesPaginator

session = Session(region_name="us-west-1")

ec2_client: EC2Client = boto3.client("ec2", region_name="us-west-1")
ec2_resource: EC2ServiceResource = session.resource("ec2")

bundle_task_complete_waiter: BundleTaskCompleteWaiter = ec2_client.get_waiter(
    "bundle_task_complete"
)
describe_volumes_paginator: DescribeVolumesPaginator = ec2_client.get_paginator("describe_volumes")

How it works

Fully automated mypy-boto3-builder carefully generates type annotations for each service, patiently waiting for boto3 updates. It delivers drop-in type annotations for you and makes sure that:

All available boto3 services are covered.
Each public class and method of every boto3 service gets valid type annotations extracted from botocore schemas.
Type annotations include up-to-date documentation.
Link to documentation is provided for every method.
Code is processed by ruff for readability.

What's new

Implemented features

Fully type annotated boto3, botocore, aiobotocore and aioboto3 libraries
mypy, pyright, VSCode, PyCharm, Sublime Text and Emacs compatibility
Client, ServiceResource, Resource, Waiter Paginator type annotations for each service
Generated TypeDefs for each service
Generated Literals for each service
Auto discovery of types for boto3.client and boto3.resource calls
Auto discovery of types for session.client and session.resource calls
Auto discovery of types for client.get_waiter and client.get_paginator calls
Auto discovery of types for ServiceResource and Resource collections
Auto discovery of types for aiobotocore.Session.create_client calls

Latest changes

Builder changelog can be found in Releases.

Versioning

boto3-stubs-full version is the same as related boto3 version and follows Python Packaging version specifiers.

Thank you

Allie Fitter for boto3-type-annotations, this package is based on top of his work
black developers for an awesome formatting tool
Timothy Edmund Crosley for isort and how flexible it is
mypy developers for doing all dirty work for us
pyright team for the new era of typed Python