(core): Tape into CDK credentials and parameter

[lony]

I have multiple problems using AWS CDK, which are all related to access of its credentials. Is there a way of adding a bridge to CDKs credentials, so they can be used as well with boto3?

Use Case

• AWS cdk retrieve account number when working with roles https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68564390/aws-cdk-retrieve-account-number-when-working-with-roles
• (cdk + boto3): Use boto3 inside CDK application https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68819386/cdk-boto3-use-boto3-inside-cdk-application

Proposed Solution

Add a core credentials object which can be used by boto3, enabling use of boto3 from within CDK. This needs an update to the documentation so others know how to use it.

• 👋 I may be able to implement this feature request
• ⚠️ This feature might incur a breaking change

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This is a 🚀 Feature Request

[ryparker]

Hey @lony 👋🏻

Thanks for the feature request.

I'm going to mark this as p2 which means that we are unable to work on this immediately.
We use +1s to help prioritize our work, and as always we are happy to take contributions if anyone is interested to pick this up and submit a PR (please make sure to follow our contribution guidelines 🙏🏻

[lony]

Thanks - I'm not aware how much work it would be, considering TypeScript conversion - but I think it would help build more integrated deployment pipelines.

[rix0rrr]

We would prefer you don't make SDK calls from within the CDK app, so we don't do anything to make it easy for you to do that, on purpose.

I think you are looking to implement your own context providers. There is an open discussion/feature request for that here: aws/aws-cdk-rfcs#18

Upvote that to indicate interest, this will affect our planning. Closing this issue.

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