---
id: mypy-boto3-glue
version: "1.43.70"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# mypy-boto3-glue — Type annotations for boto3 Glue 1.43.70 service generated with mypy-boto3-builder 8.12.0

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 6.7M/mo

## What it is and what it does

mypy-boto3-glue is a type-stub package that adds static type annotations to boto3's Glue client, enabling IDEs and type checkers to provide accurate autocomplete, inline documentation, and type validation. It is generated automatically from boto3's service model and works with VSCode, PyCharm, Emacs, Sublime Text, mypy, pyright, and other tools that support Python type hints.

The package is a stub-only dependency—it contains no runtime code, only type information. You install it alongside boto3 to get IDE support and catch type errors during development. It supports explicit type annotations for the Glue client, paginators, and service-specific types, and can be used conditionally with TYPE_CHECKING to avoid production dependencies.

Use it for:

- Enable IDE autocomplete and inline documentation when writing boto3 Glue code in VSCode or PyCharm.
- Run mypy or pyright type checking on Glue client calls to catch errors before runtime.
- Get type-safe paginator annotations for Glue list operations like GetJobs, GetDatabases, and GetPartitions.
- Provide explicit type hints for Glue client and resource objects in team codebases using type-aware linters.
- Support conditional imports with TYPE_CHECKING to avoid adding a production dependency.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides type annotations and IDE autocomplete support for boto3's AWS Glue service, enabling static type checking with mypy, pyright, and compatible editors.

Yes. If you use boto3 Glue and want IDE support or static type checking, install this. It has no runtime overhead, a single lightweight dependency, active maintenance, MIT licensing, and zero known vulnerabilities. The only caveat is PyCharm performance on Literal overloads—if you use PyCharm, consider boto3-stubs-lite instead.

## Install

pip install mypy-boto3-glue
uv add mypy-boto3-glue
poetry add mypy-boto3-glue

## Installing mypy-boto3-glue

Before you install: Low friction install with a single lightweight runtime dependency (typing-extensions). Actively maintained with a release just 2 days old and consistent recent activity.

License in practice: MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution in both open-source and commercial projects with minimal obligations.

Quickstart:

pip install mypy-boto3-glue

from boto3.session import Session
from mypy_boto3_glue import GlueClient

client: GlueClient = Session().client("glue")

Requires Python 3.9 or later; boto3 must be installed separately.

Verify before relying:

- Performance impact on PyCharm due to Literal overloads (documentation mentions this as a known issue but does not quantify the severity).
- Whether the type stubs remain synchronized with boto3 Glue API changes beyond the stated 1.43.70 version.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 6.7M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

boto3 glue type stubs, aws glue type annotations, boto3 type checking, glue client type hints, mypy boto3 stubs, ide autocomplete aws glue, boto3 static type checking, type-stubs, aws-sdk, ide-support

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