Python: Invalid AWS Access key error

Question

I am using the following example code to fetch details. And it's giving error:

amazonproduct.errors.InvalidClientTokenId: InvalidClientTokenId: The AWS Access Key Id you provided does not exist in our records.

The same is working while I used in PHP. I generated the key going to IAM Console.

access_key = '***'
secret_key = '***'
associate_tag = 'ptab-20'
api = API(locale='us')
    result = api.item_lookup('B006H3MIV8')
    for item in result.Items.Item:
        print '%s (%s)' % (item.ItemAttributes.Title, item.ASIN)

newbie lesson #1: don't put live keys/passwords on stackoverflow — fire
– fire, Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 12:02
Where are you passing your access and secret keys to your API()? Also what is API()? Please dd import statement for API() too. — Muhammad Tahir
– Muhammad Tahir, Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 12:14
@fire I did it deliberately as often was asked to pass on credentials. Since this keys were going to be removed anyway in a few hours so I posted it. — Volatil3
– Volatil3, Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 14:51
@MuhammadTahir I am trying to follow this: python-amazon-product-api.readthedocs.org/en/latest/… — Volatil3
– Volatil3, Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 14:52
@Volatil3 try api = API(AWS_KEY, SECRET_KEY, "us") instead of putting key and secret in a conf file and see if it works. If it does then it means API is not able to read your conf file somehow. — Muhammad Tahir
– Muhammad Tahir, Commented Mar 14, 2016 at 15:08

Muhammad Tahir · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-14 15:27:42Z

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Somehow python-amazon-product-api is not considering the config file i.e. ~/.amazon-product-api. Alternatively you can specify your credentials directly when instantiating API object by

api = API(AWS_KEY, SECRET_KEY, "us")

answered Mar 14, 2016 at 15:27

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The problem is, this is now deprecated.

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