AWS Amplify CLI Headless mode opening browser window to capture token - CI/CD

[rohit3d2003]

How did you install the Amplify CLI?

npm

If applicable, what version of Node.js are you using?

No response

Amplify CLI Version

5.3.11

What operating system are you using?

Mac

Did you make any manual changes to the cloud resources managed by Amplify? Please describe the changes made.

No

Describe the bug

I am using CodeMagic to automate build and deployment of iOS app which is using amplify backend. In order to achieve CI/CD, I have followed below steps:

1. Install amplify using 'npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli'
2. Pull environment specific configuration in a headless mode using below script

set -e
IFS='|'

AWSCLOUDFORMATIONCONFIG="{\
\"configLevel\":\"project\",\
\"useProfile\":false,\
\"profileName\":\"default\",\
\"accessKeyId\":$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,\
\"secretAccessKey\":$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,\
\"region\":\"us-east-1\"\
}"

PROVIDERS="{\
\"awscloudformation\":$AWSCLOUDFORMATIONCONFIG\
}"

AMPLIFY="{\
\"projectName\":$PROJECT_NAME,\
\"appId\":$AMPLIFY_APP_ID,\
\"envName\":\"dev\",\
\"defaultEditor\":\"code\"\
}"

amplify pull \
--amplify $AMPLIFY \
--providers $PROVIDERS \
--yes

Issue: Unfortunately in the headless mode, CLI is opening a browser window and stuck on someone clicking 'yes' or 'Copy CLI Key' vs automatically doing it.

Expected behavior

Token automatically downloaded in headless mode vs asking for a user interactive action to support CI/CD

Reproduction steps

1. On any new machine, install amplify and run above mentioned script to see browser window coming up

Project Identifier

No response

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Additional information

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[ykethan]

Hey @rohit3d2003, thank you for reaching out. could you try utilizing the following without the set -e IFS='|'

#!/bin/sh

AMPLIFY_APP_ID="<app-id>"

AMPLIFY="{\
\"projectName\":\"headlesstest\",\
\"appId\":\"$AMPLIFY_APP_ID\",\
\"envName\":\"dev\",\
\"defaultEditor\":\"vscode\"\
}"

PROVIDERS="{\
\"awscloudformation\":{\
\"configLevel\":\"project\",\
\"useProfile\":false,\
\"profileName\":\"default\",\
\"accessKeyId\":\"<ID>\",\
\"secretAccessKey\":\"<key>\",\
\"region\":\"us-east-1\"\
}\
}"

amplify pull \
  --providers "$PROVIDERS" \
  --amplify "$AMPLIFY" \
  --yes

[rohit3d2003]

This worked. Wondering what changed in the above

[ykethan]

@rohit3d2003 believe the issue was caused by the escape characters being utilized such as access credentials and application.
Additionally, I will be closing the issue for now. please feel free on reaching out to us again.

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