Support simple specification of value and key=value parameters

[ehammond]

1. Instead of:

   --instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior '{"Value":"terminate"}'
   

   let me alternatively say:

   --instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior 'terminate'
   

2. Instead of:

   --tags '[{"Key":"project","Value":"fun"}]'
   

   or:

   --tags Key=project,Value=fun
   

   let me alternatively say:

   --tags 'project=fun'
   

3. And so on, for all simple value and key/value parameters...

[jlordiales]

For what is worth, I've created this simple Ruby script (https://github.com/jlordiales/easy_cf_parameters) to read a YAML file with the easy to understand "key:value" syntax and generate the format expected by CF.

[ASayre]

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[jamesls]

Based on community feedback, we have decided to return feature requests to GitHub issues.

[twitu]

I am using cli version aws-cli/1.16.243 Python/3.5.2 Linux/4.15.0-64-generic botocore/1.12.233 and --parameters does not support the simpler method for specifying key value pairs. Is there any timeline for this?

[kdaily]

For 2 and 3, the CLI supports shorthand syntax:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-usage-shorthand.html

For 1, those examples come from the service API that has a structure as a parameter type. Across services, I don't know that there is any specified or restricted format there, so that would be difficult and prone to incompatible changes.

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