def get_credentials(self):
        """
        Return a set of credentials that may be used to access the Upload Area folder in the S3 bucket
        :return: a dict containing AWS credentials in a format suitable for passing to Boto3
            or if capitalized, used as environment variables
        """
        creds_mgr = CredentialsManager(self)
        creds = creds_mgr.get_credentials_from_upload_api()
        return {
            'aws_access_key_id': creds['access_key'],
            'aws_secret_access_key': creds['secret_key'],
            'aws_session_token': creds['token'],
            'expiry_time': creds['expiry_time']
        }