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Cognito

Amazon Cognito identity pools give applications temporary AWS credentials with limited permissions. They support authenticated users and unauthenticated guest users.

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Syntax

fromCognitoIdentityPool({ identityPoolId, logins?, clientConfig? })

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  • Amazon Cognito identity pools
  • authenticated identities
  • unauthenticated identities
  • AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS)
  • fromCognitoIdentityPool
  • identityId
  • web identity federation

Source: Getting credentials - Amazon Cognito. Checked 2026-11-03.