diff --git a/R/req-auth-aws.R b/R/req-auth-aws.R
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+#' @examples
+#' creds <- paws.common::locate_credentials("bedrock")
+#' model_id <- "anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0"
+#' req <- request("https://bedrock-runtime.us-east-1.amazonaws.com")
+#' # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_runtime_Converse.html
+#' req <- req_url_path_append(req, "model", model_id, "converse")
+#' req <- req_body_json(req, list(
+#'   messages = list(list(
+#'     role = "user",
+#'     content = list(list(text = "What's your name?"))
+#'   ))
+#' ))
+#' req <- req_sign_aws_v4_auth(
+#'   req,
+#'   "bedrock",
+#'   aws_access_key_id = creds$access_key_id,
+#'   aws_secret_access_key = creds$secret_access_key,
+#'   aws_session_token = creds$session_token,
+#'   aws_region = creds$region
+#' )
+#' resp <- req_perform_connection(req)
+#' str(resp_body_json(resp))
+#'
+# https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv-create-signed-request.html
+req_sign_aws_v4_auth <- function(req,
+                                 aws_service,
+                                 aws_access_key_id     = Sys.getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"),
+                                 aws_secret_access_key = Sys.getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"),
+                                 aws_session_token     = Sys.getenv("AWS_SESSION_TOKEN"),
+                                 aws_region            = Sys.getenv("AWS_DEFAULT_REGION"),
+                                 current_time          = Sys.time()) {
+
+  body_sha256 <- openssl::sha256(req_body_get(req))
+
+  # We begin by adding some necessary headers that must be added before
+  # canoncalization even thought they aren't documented until later
+  req <- req_aws_headers(req,
+    current_time = current_time,
+    aws_session_token = aws_session_token,
+    body_sha256 = body_sha256
+  )
+
+  authorization_header <- aws_v4_signature(
+    method = req_method_get(req),
+    url = url_parse(req$url),
+    headers = req$headers,
+    body_sha256 = body_sha256,
+    current_time = current_time,
+    aws_service = aws_service,
+    aws_region = aws_region,
+    aws_access_key_id = aws_access_key_id,
+    aws_secret_access_key = aws_secret_access_key
+  )
+  req_headers(req, Authorization = authorization_header)
+}
+
+req_aws_headers <- function(req, current_time, aws_session_token, body_sha256) {
+  RequestDateTime <- format(current_time, "%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ", tz = "UTC")
+
+  req_headers(
+    req,
+    "x-amz-date" = RequestDateTime,
+    "x-amz-content-sha256" = body_sha256, # necessary for S3
+    "x-amz-security-token" = aws_session_token
+  )
+}
+
+aws_v4_signature <- function(method,
+                             url,
+                             headers,
+                             body_sha256,
+                             current_time = Sys.time(),
+                             aws_service,
+                             aws_region,
+                             aws_access_key_id,
+                             aws_secret_access_key) {
+  # 1. Create a canonical request
+  # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv-create-signed-request.html#create-canonical-request
+  HTTPMethod <- method
+  CanonicalURI <- curl::curl_escape(url$path %||% "/")
+  # AWS does not want / to be encoded here
+  CanonicalURI <- gsub("%2F", "/", CanonicalURI, fixed = TRUE)
+
+  if (is.null(url$query)) {
+    CanonicalQueryString <- ""
+  } else {
+    sorted_query <- url$query[order(names(url$query))]
+    CanonicalQueryString <- query_build(CanonicalQueryString)
+  }
+
+  headers$host <- url$hostname
+  names(headers) <- tolower(names(headers))
+  headers <- headers[order(names(headers))]
+  headers[] <- trimws(headers)
+  headers[] <- gsub(" {2,}", " ", headers)
+  CanonicalHeaders <- paste0(names(headers), ":", headers, "\n", collapse = "")
+  SignedHeaders <- paste0(names(headers), collapse = ";")
+
+  CanonicalRequest <- paste0(
+    HTTPMethod, "\n",
+    CanonicalURI, "\n",
+    CanonicalQueryString, "\n",
+    CanonicalHeaders, "\n",
+    SignedHeaders, "\n",
+    body_sha256
+  )
+  # 2. Create the hash of the canonical request
+  # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv-create-signed-request.html
+  HashedCanonicalRequest <- openssl::sha256(CanonicalRequest)
+
+  # 3. Create the string to sign
+  # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv-create-signed-request.html#create-string-to-sign
+
+  Algorithm <- "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256"
+  RequestDateTime <- format(current_time, "%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ", tz = "UTC")
+  Date <- format(current_time, "%Y%m%d", tz = "UTC")
+  CredentialScope <- file.path(Date, aws_region, aws_service, "aws4_request")
+
+  string_to_sign <- paste0(
+    Algorithm, "\n",
+    RequestDateTime, "\n",
+    CredentialScope, "\n",
+    HashedCanonicalRequest
+  )
+
+  # 4. Derive a signing key
+  # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv-create-signed-request.html#derive-signing-key
+
+  DateKey <- hmac_sha256(paste0("AWS4", aws_secret_access_key), Date)
+  DateRegionKey <- hmac_sha256(DateKey, aws_region)
+  DateRegionServiceKey <- hmac_sha256(DateRegionKey, aws_service)
+  SigningKey <- hmac_sha256(DateRegionServiceKey, "aws4_request")
+
+  # 5. Calculate signature
+  # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv-create-signed-request.html#calculate-signature
+
+  signature <- hmac_sha256(SigningKey, string_to_sign)
+  signature <- paste0(as.character(signature), collapse = "")
+
+  # 6. Add the signature to the request
+  # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv-create-signed-request.html#calculate-signature
+  credential <-  file.path(aws_access_key_id, CredentialScope)
+
+  paste0(
+    Algorithm, ",",
+    "Credential=",    credential, ",",
+    "SignedHeaders=", SignedHeaders, ",",
+    "Signature=",     signature
+  )
+}
+
+hmac_sha256 <- function(key, value) {
+  openssl::sha256(charToRaw(value), key)
+}
diff --git a/R/req-body.R b/R/req-body.R
index e4840f53..0176e26c 100644
--- a/R/req-body.R
+++ b/R/req-body.R
@@ -219,6 +219,18 @@ req_body_info <- function(req) {
   }
 }
 
+req_body_get <- function(req) {
+  if (is.null(req$body)) {
+    return("")
+  }
+  switch(
+    req$body$type,
+    raw = req$body$data,
+    json = exec(jsonlite::toJSON, req$body$data, !!!req$body$params),
+    cli::cli_abort("Unsupported request body type {.str {type}}.")
+  )
+}
+
 req_body_apply <- function(req) {
   if (is.null(req$body)) {
     return(req)