code: def open_s3(self):
          
          conn = boto.connect_s3(
              self.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
              self.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
              **self.get_s3connection_kwargs())
          try:
              bucket = conn.get_bucket(self.AWS_BUCKET_NAME)
          except boto.exception.S3ResponseError:
              bucket = conn.create_bucket(self.AWS_BUCKET_NAME)
          return bucket, boto.s3.key.Key(bucket)
docs: Open connection to S3 returning bucket and key