{"id":3066,"library":"mypy-boto3-connectparticipant","title":"Type Annotations for boto3 ConnectParticipant","description":"mypy-boto3-connectparticipant provides type annotations for the `boto3` AWS SDK's ConnectParticipant service. It enhances static analysis for `boto3` client calls, improving code quality and developer experience. The current version is 1.42.3, and it is part of a frequently updated family of type stubs generated by `mypy-boto3-builder`.","status":"active","version":"1.42.3","language":"en","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/youtype/mypy_boto3_builder","tags":["aws","boto3","mypy","type-stubs","connectparticipant","static-analysis"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install mypy-boto3-connectparticipant","lang":"bash","label":"Install package"}],"dependencies":[{"reason":"Runtime dependency for the actual AWS SDK used with these type stubs.","package":"boto3","optional":true},{"reason":"Required for static type checking to utilize these stubs.","package":"mypy","optional":true},{"reason":"Minimum Python version requirement.","package":"python","version":">=3.9","optional":false}],"imports":[{"note":"Type hints should be imported from the `mypy_boto3_connectparticipant` package, not directly from `boto3` or `boto3.client`.","wrong":"from boto3.client import ConnectParticipantClient","symbol":"ConnectParticipantClient","correct":"from mypy_boto3_connectparticipant.client import ConnectParticipantClient"}],"quickstart":{"code":"import boto3\nfrom mypy_boto3_connectparticipant.client import ConnectParticipantClient\n\ndef get_connectparticipant_client() -> ConnectParticipantClient:\n    \"\"\"Returns a type-hinted boto3 ConnectParticipant client.\"\"\"\n    client: ConnectParticipantClient = boto3.client(\"connectparticipant\")\n    # Example usage (replace with actual logic)\n    # transcript = client.get_transcript(ConnectionToken=\"your_token\")\n    # print(transcript)\n    return client\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n    connect_client = get_connectparticipant_client()\n    print(f\"Successfully created ConnectParticipant client: {connect_client}\")","lang":"python","description":"This quickstart demonstrates how to import and use the `ConnectParticipantClient` type hint with a `boto3` client. This allows your IDE and type checker (like mypy) to provide autocompletion and enforce correct usage of the ConnectParticipant service client methods and their parameters."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Upgrade your Python environment to 3.9 or higher.","message":"Support for Python 3.8 has been removed across all `mypy-boto3-*` packages, including `mypy-boto3-connectparticipant`. Projects using Python 3.8 will need to upgrade to Python 3.9 or newer.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":"mypy-boto3-builder 8.12.0 and later, affecting packages like 1.42.3"},{"fix":"Ensure your environment is set up to correctly discover PEP 561-compliant type packages. This typically involves ensuring the stub package is installed in your environment.","message":"The `mypy-boto3-builder` (which generates this package) migrated to PEP 561 compliant packages. This might require adjustments in specific build systems or older `mypy` configurations, though generally provides better type stub discovery.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":"mypy-boto3-builder 8.12.0 and later, affecting packages like 1.42.3"},{"fix":"Review your code for `TypeDef` imports and update their names according to the new conventions if they were affected (e.g., `CreateDistributionRequestRequestTypeDef` -> `CreateDistributionRequestTypeDef`).","message":"Older versions of `mypy-boto3-builder` (v8.9.0) introduced breaking changes to `TypeDef` naming conventions, shortening some names and reordering postfixes for conflicting names. While not specific to `connectparticipant` in the provided examples, users leveraging `TypeDef`s across `mypy-boto3` packages should be aware.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":"mypy-boto3-builder 8.9.0 and later"},{"fix":"Explicitly add type hints, e.g., `client: ConnectParticipantClient = boto3.client('connectparticipant')`.","message":"For optimal IDE support (e.g., VSCode, PyCharm) and consistent `mypy` results, it is often recommended to use explicit type annotations for `boto3.client` and `session.client` calls, even though auto-discovery is present in `boto3-stubs`.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"All versions"},{"fix":"As a workaround, set all types to `object` in the non-`TYPE_CHECKING` branch: `if TYPE_CHECKING: from mypy_boto3_connectparticipant.client import ConnectParticipantClient else: ConnectParticipantClient = object`.","message":"Pylint might report 'undefined variable' errors when using `TYPE_CHECKING` guards to conditionally import type stubs. This is a known issue with Pylint.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"All versions"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-10T00:00:00.000Z"}