boto3 stubs package

I made a package named boto3_type_annotations that provides a way to get type hinting in IDEs for boto3. I just got a pull request about supporting mypy that brought PEP 561 to my attention. I’m gonna start experimenting with this, but the PEP says:

Third parties seeking to distribute stub files are encouraged to contact the maintainer of the package about distribution alongside the package. If the maintainer does not wish to maintain or package stub files or type information inline, then a third party stub-only package can be created.

So, before I upload a boto3-stubs package to PyPI, I figured I’d check with ya’ll. Personally, I don’t think it would make any sense to shove this into boto3, but, you know, due diligence and all.

[chris-erickson]

I’ve been using the stuff @vemel provided (thank you!!) - though will this ever be first class in boto? It would make it so much more approachable when you’re floundering around in the darkest corners of the internet to figure out some weird boto thing.

[vemel]

@alliefitter thanks for mypy_boto3_annotations package. Sorry for deleting my PR for mypy support, but I found that changes are quite big. Could you please take a look at https://github.com/vemel/mypy_boto3 as it is based on your code. I did not modify parsers.py heaily, just splitted them for readability, added DocstringParser and boto3-stubs package.

Please let me know what you think.