Python script to find an AWS IAM user by AWS ACCESS KEY ID

This sample project depends on boto, the AWS SDK for Python, and requires Python 2.6.5+ or 2.7. You can install boto using pip:

pip install boto

You need to set up your AWS security credentials before the sample code is able to connect to AWS. You can do this by creating a file named "credentials" at ~/.aws/ (C:\Users\USER_NAME\.aws\ for Windows users) and saving the following lines in the file:

[default]
aws_access_key_id = <your access key id>
aws_secret_access_key = <your secret key>

See the Security Credentials page for more information on getting your keys.

python find_iam_user.py <SOME-ACCESS-KEY-ID-STRING>

1. First establishes an IAM connection using the default AWS credentials on the system.
2. Lists all users and searches for any with the provided AWS Access Key ID
3. If no user is found with the AWS Access Key ID, attempts to establish a new IAM connection with the provided AWS Access Key ID and (prompted-for) AWS Secret Access Key. Information about the user can be provided if successful.