CodeCommit get_file not actually base64 encoded

[laurelmay]

Describe the bug The CodeCommit get_file documentation states that the file contents are returned as base64-encoded. This is not actually the case.

Steps to reproduce

import boto3
import base64

client = boto3.client('codecommit')
result = client.get_file(respositoryName=repo, filePath=path)
# Results in an error since the result is not valid base64
base64.b64decode(result['fileContent'])
# View the data
print(result['fileContent'])

Compare this to:

aws codecommit get-file --repository-name repo --file-path path --query fileContent --output text

Expected behavior The expected behavior is that the data is base64 encoded. If that is not the case, the documentation should be corrected.

Debug logs The error does not occur directly in boto3.

[swetashre]

@kylelaker - Thank you for your post. I am able to reproduce the issue. Marking this as a bug.

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[laurelmay]

This is still a bug. The documentation still says the return value is base64-encoded and the returned data still is not. One or the other should still be corrected.

[dennisvang]

still not fixed