cognito-identity:GetCredentialsForIdentity

Read

cognito-identity:GetCredentialsForIdentity is a Read access-level action in the cognito-identity service. Grants permission to return credentials for the provided identity ID

Resource types

This action does not support resource-level permissions; use "Resource": "*" in your policy.

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants cognito-identity:GetCredentialsForIdentity.

cognito-identity-auth:AccountId String

Filters access by the owning AWS account ID for identity pool authenticated users. Applies to unauthenticated (public) API operations

cognito-identity-auth:IdentityPoolArn ARN

Filters access by the identity pool ID for a given authenticated-user identity ID. Applies to unauthenticated (public) API operations

cognito-identity-unauth:AccountId String

Filters access by the owning AWS account ID of an identity pool for identity pool guest users. Applies to unauthenticated (public) API operations

cognito-identity-unauth:IdentityPoolArn ARN

Filters access by the identity pool ID for a given guest-user identity ID. Applies to unauthenticated (public) API operations

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows cognito-identity:GetCredentialsForIdentity. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCognitoidentityGetCredentialsForIdentity",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "cognito-identity:GetCredentialsForIdentity",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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