updaws

This simple package is made for updating the AWS CLI credentials in the ~/.aws/config file on macOS by reading from the clipboard.

Usage

See screenshots below for more details.

1. Copy contents from the AWS SSO credentials screen to your clipboard.
2. Run updaws in your terminal.
3. Profit!

If you want to get real fancy, you can save the credentials you copied to a named profile by giving updaws a profile name as an argument.

$ updaws my-profile-name

Which will update the ~/.aws/config file with the following new section:

[profile my-profile-name]
region=us-east-1
output=text
aws_access_key_id=ASIA6GGZZ5SSAMPSES
aws_secret_access_key=78LR3IUSAMPLE9vnw+tYLCOOVjhwKYc2pBpV
aws_session_token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2SAMPLEkHwdKmrgA

And then you can use this credentials in the AWS CLI using the --profile flag:

$ aws s3 ls --profile my-profile-name

More Details

updaws expects that the contents of the clipboard be in the following format (because the AWS SSO credentials screen is in this format):

[SSO_Profile_Name]
aws_access_key_id=ASIA6GGZZ5SSAMPSES
aws_secret_access_key=78LR3IUSAMPLE9vnw+tYLCOOVjhwKYc2pBpV
aws_session_token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2SAMPLEkHwdKmrgA

If updaws does not find the aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key, or aws_session_token in your clipboard, it will not update your ~/.aws/config file.

updaws is for people who have multiple AWS SSO profiles and want to easily update their credentials in the ~/.aws/config file. Maybe aws sso login doesn't work for you, or you just want to update your credentials without having to open the AWS CLI. You probably see a screen something like this one, and Option 1 doesn't work for you, either.

updaws is for Option 2 people. Click on option 2, and you'll see a screen like this one.

Click to copy the contents of the screen to your clipboard then run updaws in your terminal. It will update your ~/.aws/config file with the new credentials. You'll see some output like this:

Go Team Option 2!