comments out and explains connection options local/live

src/app/queries.py

@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@
 region = os.environ["REGION"]
 service = "es"
 
+
+# There are two connection methods for connecting to the elasticsearch database
+# 1. Running live inside aws elastic beanstalk 
+#   - credentials are handled via instance roles attached to the ec2 instance
+# 2. Running local for testing and development
+#   - credentials are handled via a token system with expiration, verified with your 
+#   - individual access_key and secret_key configured through the awsebcli
+# assure the appropriate connection method is uncommented 
+
+
+# *************************************************
+# 1. Running live inside aws elastic beanstalk
+
+# Elasticsearch connection method 1 BEGIN
 class AssumeRoleAWS4Auth(AWS4Auth):
     """
     Subclass of AWS4Auth which accepts botocore credentials as its first argument
@@ -71,7 +85,13 @@ def handle_date_mismatch(self, req):
     verify_certs=True,
     connection_class=RequestsHttpConnection,
 )
+# Elasticsearch connection method 1 END
+
+
+# *************************************************
+# 2. Running local for testing and development
 
+# Elasticsearch connection method 2 BEGIN 
 # credentials = boto3.Session().get_credentials()
 # awsauth = AWS4Auth(
 #     credentials.access_key,
@@ -88,6 +108,7 @@ def handle_date_mismatch(self, req):
 #     verify_certs=True,
 #     connection_class=RequestsHttpConnection,
 # )
+# Elasticsearch connection method 2 END
 
 
 def logging_response(response):