How can we connect aws transcribe from azure functions using python

Question

Through AWS lambda, we used to connect with aws transcribe using

transcribe = boto3.client('transcribe')

Is there any possible way that we can call aws transcribe from azure functions using python?

Answer 1

There are few ways of doing this. The obvious one is use IAM user credentials to call transcribe on your azure function if they have internet access.

When you use lambda, you provide the permissions to access transcribe though IAM execution role attached to the lambda. If you do it from outside of AWS, you have to use IAM user access keys. This means you could create an IAM user with just enough permissions to use transcribe as needed.

The azure function would use boto3 to interact with AWS transcribe. You would have to setup boto3 with the IAM user access keys.

Answer 2

You would need to include the Boto 3 SDK in the deployment package you use. You will not have IAM roles available so you'll be limited to IAM user (key and secret).

Have a requirements.txt in the root of the structure in this file include boto3 as well as a version by using the below format

boto3==1.14.20