Sample applications that use temporary credentials - AWS Identity and Access Management

Sample applications that use temporary credentials

You can use AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) to create and provide trusted users with temporary security credentials that can control access to your AWS resources. For more information about AWS STS, see Temporary security credentials in IAM. To see how you can use AWS STS to manage temporary security credentials, you can download the following sample applications that implement complete example scenarios:

Samples for web identity federation

The following sample applications illustrate how to use web identity federation with providers like Login with Amazon, Amazon Cognito, Facebook, or Google. You can trade authentication from these providers for temporary AWS security credentials to access AWS services.

  • Amazon Cognito Tutorials – We recommend that you use Amazon Cognito with the AWS SDKs for mobile development. Amazon Cognito is the simplest way to manage identity for mobile apps, and it provides additional features like synchronization and cross-device identity. For more information about Amazon Cognito, see Authentication with Amplify in the Amplify Documentation.