Writing string to S3 with boto3: "'dict' object has no attribute 'put'" - python-3.x

Question

In an AWS lambda, I am using boto3 to put a string into an S3 file:
import boto3
s3 = boto3.client('s3')
data = s3.get_object(Bucket=XXX, Key=YYY)
data.put('Body', 'hello')
I am told this:
[ERROR] AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'put'
The same happens with data.put('hello') which is the method recommended by the top answers at How to write a file or data to an S3 object using boto3 and with data.put_object: 'dict' object has no attribute 'put_object'.
What am I doing wrong?
On the opposite, reading works great (with data.get('Body').read().decode('utf-8')).

Answer 1

put_object is a method of the s3 object, not the data object.
Here is a full working example with Python 3.7:
import json
import boto3
s3 = boto3.client('s3')
import logging
logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
def lambda_handler(event, context):
bucket = 'mybucket'
key = 'id.txt'
id = None
# Write id to S3
s3.put_object(Body='Hello!', Bucket=bucket, Key=key)
# Read id from S3
data = s3.get_object(Bucket=bucket, Key=key)
id = data.get('Body').read().decode('utf-8')
logger.info("Id:" + id)
return {
'statusCode': 200,
'body': json.dumps('Id:' + id)
}