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IAM Client get_user_policy documentation inaccurate

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Describe the bug Boto3 version 1.17.24 IAM Client get_user_policy method return values are incorrect in the documentation. The documentation states that the PolicyDocument in the return object is string, but the observed values is dict.

Steps to reproduce Code:

import boto3

iam_client = boto3.client('iam')
user_policy = iam_client.get_user_policy(
    UserName=username,
    PolicyName=policy_name,
)
print(type(user_policy))
<class 'dict'>

I would be happy to provide a PR to update the documentation, if the actual behavior is correct, and if I could get a pointer to where the documentation lives in this repo.

Issue Analytics

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:6 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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stobrien89commented, Jul 15, 2021

@bosatsu,

I think we’ll leave this open for tracking purposes for the time being. Thanks again for reporting this!

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bosatsucommented, Jul 13, 2021

@stobrien89 Sounds good. Not sure if you want to keep this open for tracking, but if not feel free to close it.

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