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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==1.35.79' mypy_boto3_builder
  2. Select boto3 (legacy 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