Use the /.aws/config file for region

[wenjiaz]

Since credentials can be obtained from the ~/.aws/credentials file, I was wondering if the default-region parameter can also be obtained from the AWS CLI config file ~/.aws/config?

[leeper]

This is not currently possible. Would it be useful?

[wenjiaz]

Sorry for just getting back here! I think it'll be useful to incorporate it if it is possible because it is far easier to maintain region configuration across both AWS CLI and R scripts this way.

If it's not doable, I suggest at least making a note of it in the documentation. I had assumed the library would pull from the config file since the credentials were automatically pulled too, and stumbled upon region mismatch problems.

[halldc]

@leeper I would also find this very useful