davegallant / awscaller

Python module for Albert Launcher that opens an AWS console window for a given service name

Albert AWS console opener plugin "awscaller"

This is a Python extension for albert that aims to help us developers/devops by opening and AWS console page using the provided service name.

Installation

Note: This plugin depends on Albert Launcher v0.17.*

Clone the branch/tag you want (i.e. main, v0.3.0, etc):

git clone https://github.com/davegallant/awscaller -b main \
  ~/.local/share/albert/org.albert.extension.python/modules/awscaller

Then you just need to go to the Extension settings and enable the "awscaller" Python extension:

Usage

To trigger the extension you should type aws <service name> to open the given service page on your aws console, or type only aws to open the console home.

Examples:

aws lambda
aws s3
aws rds
aws apigateway
aws ec2
aws ecs

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We also support query string parameters that can be used for pretty much anything AWS console supports doing via query strings.

How to use:

aws <service> <key>:<value>...

Example:

aws ec2 region:us-east-1

Backlog

• Allow specific querying for specific aws services, such as EC2 filters