DynamoDB code examples for the AWS CLI with Bash script

Overview

Shows how to use the AWS Command Line Interface with Bash script to work with Amazon DynamoDB.

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DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service that provides fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability.

⚠ Important

• Running this code might result in charges to your AWS account. For more details, see AWS Pricing and Free Tier.
• Running the tests might result in charges to your AWS account.
• We recommend that you grant your code least privilege. At most, grant only the minimum permissions required to perform the task. For more information, see Grant least privilege.
• This code is not tested in every AWS Region. For more information, see AWS Regional Services.

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Code examples

Prerequisites

For prerequisites, see the README in the aws-cli folder.

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Basics

Code examples that show you how to perform the essential operations within a service.

• Learn the basics

Single actions

Code excerpts that show you how to call individual service functions.

• BatchGetItem
• BatchWriteItem
• CreateTable
• DeleteItem
• DeleteTable
• DescribeTable
• GetItem
• ListTables
• PutItem
• Query
• Scan
• UpdateItem

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Run the examples

Instructions

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Learn the basics

This example shows you how to do the following:

• Create a table that can hold movie data.
• Put, get, and update a single movie in the table.
• Write movie data to the table from a sample JSON file.
• Query for movies that were released in a given year.
• Scan for movies that were released in a range of years.
• Delete a movie from the table, then delete the table.

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Tests

⚠ Running tests might result in charges to your AWS account.

To find instructions for running these tests, see the README in the aws-cli folder.

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Additional resources

• DynamoDB Developer Guide
• DynamoDB API Reference
• AWS CLI with Bash script DynamoDB reference

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