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+import boto3
+import botocore
+import pprint
+
+pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=5, width=80)
+
+#from http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html
+regions = ['us-east-1', 'us-east-2', 'us-west-1', 'us-west-2', 'ca-central-1', 'eu-central-1', 'eu-west-1', 'eu-west-2', 'ap-northeast-1', 'ap-northeast-2', 'ap-southeast-1', 'ap-southeast-2',  ]
+
+
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = ''
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = ''
+
+
+def get_accountid(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY):
+    client = boto3.client("sts", aws_access_key_id=AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, aws_secret_access_key=AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
+    account_id = client.get_caller_identity()["Account"]
+    return account_id
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