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Access Denied Excemtion when Using AWS Elastic Transcoder on website

I am getting an 403 error when trying to use AWS Elastic Transcoder on my test site and I can’t seem to figure out where the problem lies. I have checked in my IAM policies and identity pools etc. to no avail.
The error:
GET https://
elastictranscoder.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2012-09-25/pipelines/xxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxx
403 (Forbidden) index.html:xxx AccessDeniedException: User:
arn:aws:sts::xxxxxxxxxxxx:assumed-role/Cognito_Unauth_Role/CognitoIdentityCredentials
is not authorized to perform: elastictranscoder:CreateJob on resource:
arn:aws:elastictranscoder:us-east-1:
xxxxxxxxxxxxx:pipeline/xxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxx
AWS.config.region = ‘xx - xxx - x’; // Region
AWS.config.credentials = new AWS.CognitoIdentityCredentials({
IdentityPoolId: "xx-xxx-x:xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxx”,
});
var elastictranscoder = new AWS.ElasticTranscoder();
var button = document.getElementById('button');
button.addEventListener('click', function() {
var params = {
PipelineId: ‘xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’,
/* required */
Input: {
Key: “xxxxxxxxxx / xxxxxxx.xxx”
},
OutputKeyPrefix: ‘xxxxxxx / ‘,
Outputs: [{
Key: ‘xxxx.xxx’,
PresetId: ‘xxxxxxxxxxxx’,
}, ],
};
elastictranscoder.createJob(params, function(err, data) {
if (err) console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
else console.log(data); // successful response
});
});

Solution! turns out I didn't know that I needed to include the AWS access key and secret key in the options section of the elastic transcoder constructor.
var elastictranscoder = new AWS.ElasticTranscoder(options = {
accessKeyId: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
secretAccessKey: 'xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
}

Cognito getId: NotAuthorizedException: Invalid login token. Not a valid OpenId Connect identity token

I am new to Cognito (JWT tokens & whole auth thing in general) so pardon me for asking stupid questions. I am trying to use Cognito user pools with identity pools. I logged in a user using the default URL (https://testapi123.auth.us-east-2.amazoncognito.com/login?response_type=token&client_id=<>&scope=openid&redirect_uri=https://aws.amazon.com) and got a token. I am unable to figure out how to get the identity id from this token for use in getId() API. This I want to later use to get credentials from the federated identity pool (not sure if i have that part right either).
For reference, i have my code -
var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
var cognitoidentity = new AWS.CognitoIdentity({apiVersion: '2014-06-30'});
exports.handler = (event, context, callback) => {
// TODO implement
var params = {
IdentityPoolId: 'us-east-2:<xxxxxx>', /* required */
AccountId: 'xxxxxxx',
Logins: {
'cognito-idp.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/us-east-2_xxxxx': '<**identityID???**>',
}
};
cognitoidentity.getId(params, function(err, data) {
if (err) console.log('Error3 : ' + err, err.stack); // an error occurred
else {
console.log('retval:' + JSON.stringify(data)); // successful response
var idenId = data.idenId;
var params = {
IdentityId: idenId,
CustomRoleArn: 'arn:aws:iam::xxxxxxxxx:role/cc_admin',
Logins: {
'CognitoIdentity': 'cognito-idp.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/us-east-2_xxxxxxx'
}
};
cognitoidentity.getCredentialsForIdentity(params, function(err, data) {
if (err) console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
else console.log(data); // successful response
});
}
});
callback(null, 'Hello from Lambda 1');
};
The error - "2018-06-06T18:59:58.614Z ce0fc216-69bb-11e8-bbfc-4fff0d953dd4 Error3 : NotAuthorizedException: Invalid login token. Token signature invalid. NotAuthorizedException: Invalid login token. Token signature invalid."
I have tried parsing the JWT token received (with jwt.io). It shows me some details but none of them seem to be identity id to be used in the request. I have also tried using the entire token as identity id.
Really need help. Thanks.

First, you only need to pass Identity Pool Id in params for getId function to work. It will return IdentityId associated with your identity pool. Replace
var params = {
IdentityPoolId: 'us-east-2:<xxxxxx>', /* required */
AccountId: 'xxxxxxx',
Logins: {
'cognito-idp.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/us-east-2_xxxxx': '<**identityID???**>',
}
};
with
var params = {
IdentityPoolId: 'us-east-2:<xxxxxx>'
}
Second, you can't create credentials unless you have idToken i.e JWT (JSON Web Token which is returned to client after successful authentication by user pool).
It looks like this..
eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE2MjM5MDIyfQ.SflKxwRJSMeKKF2QT4fwpMeJf36POk6yJV_adQssw5c
You can get this token only by signing in...Run this command on terminal after configuring aws-cli or use aws-sdk and run function InitiateAuth
aws cognito-idp admin-initiate-auth --user-pool-id ap-south-1_xxxxxxx --client-id AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA --auth-flow ADMIN_NO_SRP_AUTH --auth-parameters USERNAME="abc#123.com",PASSWORD="********"
Finally,Change your params function passing to getCRedentials method 'Logins' key to:
Logins: {
"IdentityId": <result from getId>
"cognito-idp.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/us-east-2_xxxxxxx": <your idToken>
}

How to turn an CognitoAuth auth object into AWS-SDK credentials

I have a cognito userpool and i can successfully log into my app with the following code:
const authData = {
ClientId : '2222222222222', // Your client id here
AppWebDomain : '1111111111.auth.us-east-1.amazoncognito.com',
TokenScopesArray : ['openid'],
RedirectUriSignIn : 'https://app.domain.com',
RedirectUriSignOut : 'https://app.domain.com'
};
const CognitoAuth = AmazonCognitoIdentity.CognitoAuth;
const auth = new CognitoAuth(authData);
auth.userhandler = {
/**onSuccess: <TODO: your onSuccess callback here>,
onFailure: <TODO: your onFailure callback here>*/
onSuccess: function(result: any) {
console.log("COGNITO SUCCESS!");
console.log(result);
},
onFailure: function(err: any) {
console.log("COGNITO FAIL!");
console.log(err);
}
};
auth.getSession();
const curUrl = window.location.href;
auth.parseCognitoWebResponse(curUrl);
I now have an auth object that I would like to parlay into some sort of credentials for the aws-sdk that i have so that i can list items into an S3 bucket, assuming the correct policies in my attached roles.
something like this, but realize this doesn't work:
AWS.config.credentials = auth.toCredentials(); //<== hoping for magic
const s3 = new AWS.S3();
s3.listObjectsV2(listObjectsV2Params, function(err: any, data: any) {
if (err) console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
else console.log(data.Contents[0]); // successful response
});
Is this possible, and if so how do i do that?
UDPATE
Accepted answer worked and was a big help, adding some additions for clarity along the lines of trouble I ran into.
const creds = new AWS.CognitoIdentityCredentials({
IdentityPoolId: 'us-east-1:b111111-1111-1111-1111-1111111', // <-- This is in your Federated Identity if you have that set up, you have to "edit" the identity pool to get it, logging into cognito its a different screen.
Logins: {
"cognito-idp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/us-east-1_BBBB1BBBBV2B": result.idToken.jwtToken // <- this login [POOL ID] is not the pool ARN, you need it in this format.
}
});
this link helped me.

This is possible and following are the steps.
To allow AWS resources access for AWS Userpool Users, it also requires to configure AWS Identity Pools registering the UserPool as a provider.
The IAM Role assigned for the authenticated user needs to have access to S3.
Using the AWS SDK for Identity Pools, UserPools JWT token can be exchanged for temporal AccessKey and SecretKey to use AWS SDK for S3.
AWS.config.credentials = new AWS.CognitoIdentityCredentials({
IdentityPoolId: IDENTITY_POOL_ID,
Logins: {
[USER_POOL_TOKEN]: result.idToken.jwtToken
}
});
AWS.config.credentials.refresh((error) => {
if (error) {
console.error(error);
} else {
console.log('Successfully logged!');
}
});
Inside the AWS.config.credentials.refresh callback you can call S3 since, the method internally will handle getting temporal credentials.

Retrieve the access token, secret access key and session token from aws cognito

AWS.config.credentials = new AWS.CognitoIdentityCredentials({
IdentityPoolId: 'us-east-1:2ce7b2c2-898f-4a26-9066-d4feff8ebfe4'
});
// Make the call to obtain credentials
AWS.config.credentials.get(function(){
// Credentials will be available when this function is called.
var accessKeyId = AWS.config.credentials.accessKeyId;
var secretAccessKey = AWS.config.credentials.secretAccessKey;
var sessionToken = AWS.config.credentials.sessionToken;
//var identityId = AWS.config.credentials.identityId;
return res.send({
accessKeyId: accessKeyId
});
});
All of the variables have null value. Why? What am i doing wrong? Is there another way to access it?
Also i am supposed to send a secretkey and token to retrieve a session key
UPDATE:
When i try this method, I get an error saying:
Error: NotAuthorizedException: Unauthenticated access is not supported for this identity pool.
AWS.config.credentials.get(function(err) {
if (err) {
console.log("Error: "+err);
return;
}
console.log("Cognito Identity Id: " + AWS.config.credentials.identityId);
// Other service clients will automatically use the Cognito Credentials provider
// configured in the JavaScript SDK.
var cognitoSyncClient = new AWS.CognitoSync();
cognitoSyncClient.listDatasets({
IdentityId: AWS.config.credentials.identityId,
IdentityPoolId: ""
}, function(err, data) {
if ( !err ) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
}
return res.send({
data: data
});
});
});

The exception you are seeing means that you have not set up your identity pool to allow unauthenticated identities.
You are not passing any logins in the logins map when you call get credentials, which means your user is un authenticated (which is not allowed by your identity pool).
Here is some documentation describing how to authenticate using external identity providers:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/external-identity-providers.html

The security token included in the request is invalid. aws js sdk

I posted here on the AWS forum
I'm using the aws-js-sdk v2.2.3 with the following code. I get data back with Credentials populated. When I try to use the credentials I get the error that they are invalid. I'm using the developer authenticated identities flow. I have both roles Auth & UnAuth. My identity pool looks like it's correct. The trust relationships look like they are pointing to the correct identity pool id. There are policies attached to the Auth role for S3 & DynamoDB. I'm at a loss. Any help would be appreciated.
javascript client side:
var cognitoidentity = new AWS.CognitoIdentity({region: 'us-east-1'});
var params = {
IdentityId: user.cognito_id,
Logins: {
'cognito-identity.amazonaws.com': user.cognito_token
}
};
cognitoidentity.getCredentialsForIdentity(params, function(err, data) {
if (err) console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
else console.log(data.Credentials);
});
I console.log the Id & SecretKey and they are filled in.
var aws_creds = StateService.get('user').aws_creds;
console.log(aws_creds.AccessKeyId);
console.log(aws_creds.SecretKey);
AWS.config.update({ accessKeyId: aws_creds.AccessKeyId,
secretAccessKey: aws_creds.SecretKey,
endpoint: ENV.aws_dyndb_endpoint,
region: 'us-east-1'
});
var dynamodb = new AWS.DynamoDB();
console.log("user obj: ", StateService.get('user'));
var params = {
TableName: games_table_name,
KeyConditionExpression: "Id = :v1",
ExpressionAttributeValues: {
":v1": {"N": id}
}
};
return dynamodb.query(params);
My Solution
What I came up with was to explicitly refresh the credentials versus get them lazily when I created a DynamoDb object for instance. Here's the function I use which returns a promise & resolves when the credentials are refreshed.
refresh: function() {
var deferred = $q.defer();
AWS.config.region = 'us-east-1';
AWS.config.credentials = new AWS.CognitoIdentityCredentials({
IdentityPoolId: COGNITO_IDENTITY_POOL_ID,
IdentityId: COGNITO_ID,
Logins: 'cognito-identity.amazonaws.com'
});
AWS.config.credentials.refresh(function(error) {
if ((error === undefined) || (error === null)) {
$log.debug("Credentials Refreshed Success: ", AWS.config.credentials);
var params = {
region: 'us-east-1',
apiVersion: '2012-08-10',
credentials: AWS.config.credentials
};
$rootScope.dynamodb = new AWS.DynamoDB({params: params});
deferred.resolve();
}
else {
$log.debug("Error refreshing AWS Creds:, ", error);
deferred.reject(error);
}
});
return deferred.promise;
}

If you want to use Cognito credentials to call other AWS services, I recommend you use the high-level AWS.CognitoIdentityCredentials object from the Javascript SDK, instead of calling the service API directly.
You can find more information about how to initialize and use AWS.CognitoIdentityCredentials in the Cognito Developer Guide:
Developer Authenticated Identities
Albert

The flow is like this: You ask the CognitoIdentityCredentials for a IdentityId, the IDentityId is supposed to track users accross devices and across Identities providers like (Facebook, Google, TWitter, etc.) then you with that ID you ask for a role attached to your pole CognitoIdentity, after you get the token, you ask the STS.assumeRoleWithWebIdentity for a temporary credentials with the appropriate roles attached to your pole.
Here is an example of how I did it:
// set the Amazon Cognito region
AWS.config.region = 'us-east-1';
// initialize the Credentials object with our parameters
AWS.config.credentials = new AWS.CognitoIdentityCredentials({
IdentityPoolId: 'us-east-1:YMIDENTITYPOLEID',
});
// We can set the get method of the Credentials object to retrieve
// the unique identifier for the end user (identityId) once the provider
// has refreshed itself
AWS.config.credentials.get(function(err) {
if (err) {
console.log("Error: "+err);
return;
}
console.log("Cognito Identity Id: " + AWS.config.credentials.identityId);
params = {
IdentityId: AWS.config.credentials.identityId
}
// Other service clients will automatically use the Cognito Credentials provider
// configured in the JavaScript SDK.
// Get the Role associated with the id coming from the pool
var cognitoidentity = new AWS.CognitoIdentity();
cognitoidentity.getOpenIdToken(params, function(err, data) {
if (err){
console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
}else{
// Get temporoarly credientials form STS to access the API
var params = {
RoleArn: 'ROLE_OF_YOUR_POLE_ARN', /* required */
RoleSessionName: 'WHATEVERNAME', /* required */
WebIdentityToken: data.Token, /* required */
};
var sts = new AWS.STS()
console.log(data); // successful response
console.log(data.Token)
sts.assumeRoleWithWebIdentity(params, function(err, data) {
if (err){
console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
}else{
console.log(data); // successful response
// Now we need these credentials that we got for this app and for this user
// From here we can limit the damage by
// Burst calling to the API Gateway will be limited since we now that this is a single user on a single device
// If suspicious activities we can drop this user/device
// The privileges are limited since the role attached to this is only the API GateWay calling
// This creds are temporary they will expire in 1h
var apigClient = apigClientFactory.newClient({
accessKey: data.Credentials.AccessKeyId,
secretKey: data.Credentials.SecretAccessKey,
sessionToken: data.Credentials.Token, //OPTIONAL: If you are using temporary credentials you must include the session token
region: AWS.config.region // OPTIONAL: The region where the API is deployed, by default this parameter is set to us-east-1
});
// Call the get to test
apigClient.deviceGet({}, {})
.then(function(result){
//This is where you would put a success callback
console.log(result)
}).catch( function(result){
//This is where you would put an error callback
});
}
});
}
});
});
NB: This was a test to get access to the API Gateway service, but it is not different to get access to other services, it depends on the pole you configure it and its attached services.
If you have credential for a user created in IAM you don't need the temporary token, but if you use this flow you have to include it.
Another point, limit the access to the services on your pole, keep in mind that is a publicly given key, every one can use it to get access to your stuff.
STS.assumeRoleWithWebIdentity is used because we are on the web, in the AWS JS SDK, if you use iOS or android/java or Boto, you have to use STS.assumeRole.
Hope this helps.