Release: AWS SDK for Ruby 1.5.0

Each service interface (e.g. AWS::EC2) has a client class that provides a method for each API operation. These clients were not previously public or documented.

This release updates the client classes, adds documentation and makes them public. The updated client documentation can be found in the aws-sdk API documentation.

You get a client object from a service interface:

sns = AWS::SNS.new
sns.client #=> returns an AWS::SNS::Client

ec2 = AWS::EC2.new
ec2.client #=> returns an AWS::EC2::Client

Clients provide access to every method available in the webservice API. This includes methods not previously exposed in the higher level abstractions of the aws-sdk gem. This example uses the AWS::EC2::Client to get spot instance pricing:

ec2 = AWS::EC2.new

resp = ec2.client.describe_spot_price_history(
  :instance_types => ['m1.small'], 
  :start_time => (Time.now - 60 * 60 * 24).iso8601, 
  :availability_zone => 'us-east-1a')

resp.data[:spot_price_history_set].map{|history| history[:spot_price] }
#=> ["0.039000", "0.027000", "0.039000", ...]

Some users had previously discovered the un-documented clients and put them to use. The new client classes should be backwards compatible. If issues arise, please report them to the Ruby SDK forum.

Resolved an issue that would raise a runtime error when getting attributes for an AWS::DynamoDB::Table while the table was being deleting.