docs/examples/compute/import_key_pair_from_string.py

from __future__ import with_statement

import os

from libcloud.compute.types import Provider
from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver

EC2_ACCESS_ID = "your access id"
EC2_SECRET_KEY = "your secret key"

Driver = get_driver(Provider.EC2)
conn = Driver(EC2_ACCESS_ID, EC2_SECRET_KEY)

key_file_path = os.path.expanduser("~/.ssh/id_rsa_my_key_pair_1.pub")

with open(key_file_path, "r") as fp:
    key_material = fp.read()

key_pair = conn.import_key_pair_from_string(name="my_key", key_material=key_material)