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CloudFormation module#

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Auto-generated documentation for CloudFormation type annotations stubs module mypy-boto3-cloudformation.

How to install#

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

  1. Run mypy-boto3-builder in your package root directory: uvx --with 'boto3==1.37.3' mypy-boto3-builder
  2. Select boto3-stubs AWS SDK.
  3. Add CloudFormation service.
  4. Use provided commands to install generated packages.

VSCode extension#

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

Click Modify and select boto3 common and CloudFormation.

From PyPI with pip#

Install boto3-stubs for CloudFormation service.

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

# Lite version does not provide session.client/resource overloads
# it is more RAM-friendly, but requires explicit type annotations
python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs-lite[cloudformation]'

# standalone installation
python -m pip install mypy-boto3-cloudformation

From conda-forge#

Add conda-forge to your channels with:

conda config --add channels conda-forge
conda config --set channel_priority strict

Once the conda-forge channel has been enabled, mypy-boto3-cloudformation can be installed with:

conda install mypy-boto3-cloudformation

List all available versions of mypy-boto3-cloudformation available on your platform with:

conda search mypy-boto3-cloudformation --channel conda-forge

How to uninstall#

python -m pip uninstall -y mypy-boto3-cloudformation

Usage#

Code samples can be found in Examples.

CloudFormationClient#

Type annotations and code completion for boto3.client("cloudformation") as CloudFormationClient boto3 documentation

# CloudFormationClient usage example

from boto3.session import Session

from mypy_boto3_cloudformation.client import CloudFormationClient

def get_client() -> CloudFormationClient:
    return Session().client("cloudformation")

Paginators#

Type annotations and code completion for paginators from boto3.client("cloudformation").get_paginator("...").

# DescribeAccountLimitsPaginator usage example

from boto3.session import Session

from mypy_boto3_cloudformation.paginator import DescribeAccountLimitsPaginator

def get_describe_account_limits_paginator() -> DescribeAccountLimitsPaginator:
    return Session().client("cloudformation").get_paginator("describe_account_limits"))

Waiters#

Type annotations and code completion for waiters from boto3.client("cloudformation").get_waiter("...").

# ChangeSetCreateCompleteWaiter usage example

from boto3.session import Session

from mypy_boto3_cloudformation.waiter import ChangeSetCreateCompleteWaiter

def get_change_set_create_complete_waiter() -> ChangeSetCreateCompleteWaiter:
    return Session().client("cloudformation").get_waiter("change_set_create_complete")

CloudFormationServiceResource#

Type annotations and code completion for boto3.resource("cloudformation") as CloudFormationServiceResource boto3 documentation

# CloudFormationServiceResource usage example

from boto3.session import Session

from mypy_boto3_cloudformation.service_resource import CloudFormationServiceResource

def get_cloudformation_resource() -> CloudFormationServiceResource:
    return Session().resource("cloudformation")

Collections#

Type annotations and code completion for collections from boto3.resource("cloudformation").*.

# ServiceResourceStacksCollection usage example

from boto3.session import Session

from mypy_boto3_cloudformation.service_resource import ServiceResourceStacksCollection

def get_collection() -> ServiceResourceStacksCollection:
    return Session().resource("cloudformation").stacks

Resources#

Type annotations and code completion for additional resources from session.resource("cloudformation").*.

# Event usage example

from mypy_boto3_cloudformation.service_resource import Event

def get_resource() -> Event:
    return resource.Event(...)

Literals#

Type annotations for literals used in methods and schema.

# AccountFilterTypeType usage example

from mypy_boto3_cloudformation.literals import AccountFilterTypeType

def get_value() -> AccountFilterTypeType:
    return "DIFFERENCE"

Type definitions#

Type annotations for type definitions used in methods and schema.