Python 3 Boto Unable to parse pagination error

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On 2019-02-26 20:06, Tim Dunphy wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to create a python 3 script that takes a list of AWS instance
> IDs. It then prints out some information about the instances and then
> terminates them.
> 
> I am very new to python, so still working through some basic issues.
> 
> This is the error I get when I run the script:
> 
>       python3 .\aws_ec2_termiante_instances.py
>      Enter an instance ID separated by commas:
> i-0463897140af217f8,i-0634fc5fa453462fb
>      enter code here
>      Deleting Instance IDs:
>      i-0463897140af217f8
>      i-0634fc5fa453462fb
>      Traceback (most recent call last):
>        File ".\aws_ec2_termiante_instances.py", line 37, in <module>
>          NextToken='string'
>        File
> "C:\Users\tdunphy\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\botocore\client.py",
> line 357, in _api_call
>          return self._make_api_call(operation_name, kwargs)
>        File
> "C:\Users\tdunphy\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\botocore\client.py",
> line 661, in _make_api_call
>          raise error_class(parsed_response, operation_name)
>      botocore.exceptions.ClientError: An error occurred
> (InvalidParameterValue) when calling the DescribeInstances operation:
> Unable to parse pagination token
> 
> This is my script that produces the above output:
> 
>      from collections import defaultdict
>      import boto3
>      # Connect to EC2
>      ec2 = boto3.client('ec2')
> 
>      instance_id_list = input("Enter an instance ID separated by commas: ")
>      instance_ids_text = instance_id_list.split(",")

instance_id_list is a string and instance_ids_text is a list of strings, 
so the names are somewhat misleading.

>      print("Deleting Instance IDs:")
>      for instance_id in instance_ids_text:
>          print(instance_id)
> 
>      ec2info = defaultdict()
>      for instance_id in instance_ids_text:
>          instance = ec2.describe_instances(
>              Filters=[
>                  {
>                      'Name': 'string',
>                      'Values': [
>                          'string',
>                       ]
>                  },
>              ],
>              InstanceIds=[
>                  'instance_id',

Shouldn't this be the actual id, not the string 'instance_id'?

>              ],
>              MaxResults=123,
>              NextToken='string'
>          )
>          for tag in instance.tags:
>              if 'Name'in tag['Key']:
>                  name = tag['Value']
>          # Add instance info to a dictionary
>          ec2info[instance.id] = {
>              'Name': name,
>              'Instance ID': instance.id,
>              'Type': instance.instance_type,
>              'State': instance.state['Name'],
>              'Private IP': instance.private_ip_address,
>              'Public IP': instance.public_ip_address,
>              'Launch Time': instance.launch_time
>              }
> 
>      attributes = ['Name', 'Instance ID', 'Type', 'State',
>                    'Private IP', 'Public IP', 'Launch Time']
>      for instance_id, instance in ec2info.items():
>          for key in attributes:
>              print("{0}: {1}".format(key, instance[key]))
>          print("------")
>          ec2.instances.filter(InstanceIds=instance.id).stop()
>          ec2.instances.filter(InstanceIds=instance.id).terminate()
> 
> To recap, what I would like to do is give the script a list of instance
> IDs, print out the list of instance IDs, then print some info about those
> instances. Then terminate them.
> 
> How can I get past this error and produce that result?
>