botoinator
A decoration mechanism for boto3 that allows automatic decoration of any and all boto3 clients and resources
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. While the concept is sound and the package is license-permissive, it has been abandoned since June 2020 with no maintenance. There is no guarantee the decorator mechanism remains compatible with current versions of its underlying dependencies. Use only if you are locked into an old environment and cannot upgrade; otherwise, implement decorator logic directly in your code.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires a boto3 session object to be available; no guarantee of compatibility with versions released after June 2020.
- Installation is frictionless—a pure-Python wheel with no runtime dependencies.
- However, the project has been abandoned since June 2020, so expect no maintenance, bug fixes, or compatibility patches.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache 2.0 (permissive) — Licensed under Apache 2.0 (permissive), so you can use, modify, and distribute it freely in commercial and open-source projects without restriction.
last release 2020-06-05 (2261 days) · last repo commit 2020-06-05 · 3 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 74,837 downloads/mo, #14,785 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
import botoinator
def my_decorator(func):
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
print(f"Calling {func.__name__}")
return func(*args, **kwargs)
return wrapper
session.register_client_decorator('s3', 'put_object', my_decorator)- Whether the decorator mechanism remains compatible with boto3 versions released after June 2020.
- Whether the package works correctly with Python versions beyond 3.7 (the only version listed in classifiers).
- Whether the package has any undiscovered security issues despite zero OSV records as of August 2026.
What it is and what it does
Botoinator is a thin wrapper that intercepts the creation of boto3 clients and resources, allowing you to register decorators that will be applied to specific methods. You can decorate methods on a per-session basis (affecting only clients created from that session) or globally (affecting all future clients and resources across any session). This is useful when you want to add cross-cutting behavior—such as logging, metrics, or request transformation—to AWS API calls without modifying your application code at each call site.
The package works by hooking into session objects. You call methods like `register_client_decorator()` or `register_resource_decorator()` to attach a decorator function to a service method, then create clients or resources normally; the decorator is applied automatically. You can also unregister decorators to stop applying them to future clients while leaving already-decorated clients untouched. Because it has no runtime dependencies and is pure Python, installation is straightforward, but the project has not been maintained since June 2020.
Use it for
- Add request/response logging to all S3 or DynamoDB calls across your application without wrapping each call site.
- Implement automatic retry logic with exponential backoff for transient AWS API failures at the decorator level.
- Inject metrics or tracing into method calls for observability without modifying application code.
- Enforce request validation or sanitization on calls before they reach AWS.
- Apply rate limiting or quota enforcement to specific methods across your codebase.
Worth the install?
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No.
While the concept is sound and the package is license-permissive, it has been abandoned since June 2020 with no maintenance. There is no guarantee the decorator mechanism remains compatible with current versions of its underlying dependencies. Use only if you are locked into an old environment and cannot upgrade; otherwise, implement decorator logic directly in your code.
Install
botoinator on PyPI
Before you install
Installation is frictionless—a pure-Python wheel with no runtime dependencies. However, the project has been abandoned since June 2020, so expect no maintenance, bug fixes, or compatibility patches.
Requires a boto3 session object to be available; no guarantee of compatibility with versions released after June 2020.
License in practice
Licensed under Apache 2.0 (permissive), so you can use, modify, and distribute it freely in commercial and open-source projects without restriction.
Quickstart
import botoinator
def my_decorator(func):
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
print(f"Calling {func.__name__}")
return func(*args, **kwargs)
return wrapper
session.register_client_decorator('s3', 'put_object', my_decorator)Verify before relying
- Whether the decorator mechanism remains compatible with boto3 versions released after June 2020.
- Whether the package works correctly with Python versions beyond 3.7 (the only version listed in classifiers).
- Whether the package has any undiscovered security issues despite zero OSV records as of August 2026.
Package facts
| License | Apache 2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 2,261 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 74,837 / month, #14,785 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.7 |
Evidence: botoinator-0.0.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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