boto3 import error

[zzstoatzz]

encountering an import error when trying to define an AwsCredentials block programmatically:

from prefect_aws import AwsCredentials

Expectation / Proposal

Traceback / Example

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "ecs_block.py", line 8, in <module>
    from prefect_aws import AwsCredentials
  File "/home/a_user/prefect_2_repo/prefect_2_venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/prefect_aws/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
    from .credentials import AwsCredentials, MinIOCredentials
  File "/home/a_user/prefect_2_repo/prefect_2_venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/prefect_aws/credentials.py", line 6, in <module>
    import boto3
  File "/home/a_user/prefect_2_repo/prefect_2_venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/boto3/__init__.py", line 17, in <module>
    from boto3.session import Session
  File "/home/a_user/prefect_2_repo/prefect_2_venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/boto3/session.py", line 25, in <module>
    from .resources.factory import ResourceFactory
  File "/home/a_user/prefect_2_repo/prefect_2_venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/boto3/resources/factory.py", line 17, in <module>
    from ..docs import docstring
  File "/home/a_user/prefect_2_repo/prefect_2_venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/boto3/docs/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    from botocore.docs import DEPRECATED_SERVICE_NAMES
ImportError: cannot import name 'DEPRECATED_SERVICE_NAMES' from 'botocore.docs' (/home/a_user/prefect_2_repo/prefect_2_venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/botocore/docs/__init__.py)

• I would like to help contribute a pull request to resolve this!

[desertaxle]

@zzstoatzz can you share the output of pip freeze for the virtual environment where you're getting this error?

[zzstoatzz]

I no longer see this error when using AwsCredentials - closing issue