Amazon DynamoDB Component

Create, update, fetch, or delete items in an Amazon (AWS) DynamoDB database

Component key: aws-dynamodb

Description

Amazon DynamoDB is a key-value and document database from Amazon Web Services. The Amazon DynamoDB component allows you to create, read, update, or delete objects (items) within an Amazon DynamoDB database.

Connections

DynamoDB Access Key and Secret

An AWS IAM access key pair is required to interact with Amazon DynamoDB. Make sure that the key pair you generate in AWS has proper permissions to the DynamoDB resources you want to access. Read more about DynamoDB IAM actions in the AWS docs.

Input	Notes	Example
Access Key ID string / Required accessKeyId	An AWS IAM Access Key ID	AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
Secret Access Key password / Required secretAccessKey	An AWS IAM Secret Access Key	wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY

AWS Role ARN

To enable the IAM role authentication begin by logging into the AWS Console and navigate to Identity and Access Management (IAM).

To create an ARN user and generate credentials:

Navigate to Users and select Create User.

Provide a User name and check the box providing them user access to the AWS Management Console if needed.
Once completed with the User creation, copy the ARN provided in the summary for a later step.

To obtain the ARN for an existing User, click on the designated username from the Users page and the ARN will be provided in the summary section.
From the summary section, select Create access key

Select Third-party service as the access key type and select next.
Set a description and select create access key.
Copy the Access Key and Secret access key and enter those into the connection configuration of your integration along with the ARN.

To create and assign a user a role:

Navigate to Roles and select Create Role.

Select Custom Trust Policy for the Trusted entity types
Copy the following statement into the statement console. Making sure to replace the ARN with the user's actual ARN from the previous section

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "AWS": "ARN"
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
    }
  ]
}

When adding permissions provide the AmazonDynamoDBFullAccess permission
Complete remaining steps and select Create Role

Input	Notes	Example
Access Key ID string / Required accessKeyId	An AWS IAM Access Key ID	AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
Role ARN string / Required roleARN	An AWS IAM Role ARN	arn:aws:iam::OtherAccount-ID:role/assumed-role-name
Secret Access Key password / Required secretAccessKey	An AWS IAM Secret Access Key	wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY

Actions

Create Table

Create a new DynamoDB Table | key: createTable

Input	Default	Notes	Example
Attribute Definition code / Required attributeDefinition		For each list item, provide a javascript object containing an attribute name, and an attribute type. The attribute type must be in the format that DynamoDB uses: N = number, S = string, L = Array etc...
Connection connection / Required awsConnection
AWS Region string awsRegion		AWS provides services in multiple regions, like us-west-2 or eu-west-1.	us-east-1
Billing Mode string / Required billingMode	PROVISIONED	Select the item that represents your desired billing mode.
Key Schema code / Required keySchema		For each list item, provide a javascript object containing an attribute name, and a key type. The key type can either be a HASH or a RANGE key.
Read Capacity Units string / Required readCapacityUnits	5	One read capacity unit represents one strongly consistent read per second, or two eventually consistent reads per second, for an item up to 4 KB in size.	6000
Table Name string / Required tableName		Provide the name of the table you would like to interact with.	Customers
Write Capacity Units string / Required writeCapacityUnits	5	One write capacity unit represents one write per second for an item up to 1 KB in size. If you need to write an item that is larger than 1 KB, DynamoDB must consume additional write capacity units.	6000

Example Payload for Create Table

{
  "data": {
    "$metadata": {},
    "TableDescription": {
      "KeySchema": [],
      "ItemCount": 0,
      "TableName": "example",
      "TableArn": "example",
      "TableSizeBytes": 0,
      "TableStatus": "CREATING"
    }
  }
}

Delete Item

Delete an item from a DynamoDB database | key: deleteItem

Input	Notes	Example
Connection connection / Required awsConnection
AWS Region string awsRegion	AWS provides services in multiple regions, like us-west-2 or eu-west-1.	us-east-1
Condition Expression string conditionExpression		Price > :limit
Expression Attribute Values string Key Value List expressionAttributeValues	Expression attribute values in Amazon DynamoDB are substitutes for the actual values that you want to compare—values that you might not know until runtime. An expression attribute value must begin with a colon (:) and be followed by one or more alphanumeric characters.
Expression Attribute Value Types string Key Value List expressionAttributeValueTypes	The DynamoDB data type for each query param. You must specify a type for each Expression Attribute Value you provided.
Range / Sort Key Value string rangeKeyValue	The value of the optional range key (sort key) to match. This is required if your table has a range key.	Acme Inc
Table Name string / Required tableName	Provide the name of the table you would like to interact with.	Customers
Hash / Primary Key Value string / Required value	The value of the hash key (primary key) to match	cust_1234

Delete Table

Delete an existing DynamoDB Table | key: deleteTable

Input	Notes	Example
Connection connection / Required awsConnection
AWS Region string awsRegion	AWS provides services in multiple regions, like us-west-2 or eu-west-1.	us-east-1
Table Name string / Required tableName	Provide the name of the table you would like to interact with.	Customers

Example Payload for Delete Table

{
  "data": {
    "$metadata": {},
    "TableDescription": {
      "AttributeDefinitions": [],
      "KeySchema": [],
      "ItemCount": 0,
      "TableName": "example",
      "TableArn": "example",
      "TableSizeBytes": 0,
      "TableStatus": "DELETING"
    }
  }
}

Describe Table

Fetch metadata about an existing DynamoDB Table | key: describeTable

Input	Notes	Example
Connection connection / Required awsConnection
AWS Region string awsRegion	AWS provides services in multiple regions, like us-west-2 or eu-west-1.	us-east-1
Table Name string / Required tableName	Provide the name of the table you would like to interact with.	Customers

Example Payload for Describe Table

{
  "data": {
    "$metadata": {},
    "Table": {
      "AttributeDefinitions": [],
      "KeySchema": [],
      "ItemCount": 0,
      "TableName": "example",
      "TableArn": "example",
      "TableSizeBytes": 0,
      "TableStatus": "ACTIVE"
    }
  }
}

Get Item

Retrieve an item from a DynamoDB database | key: getItem

Input	Notes	Example
Connection connection / Required awsConnection
AWS Region string awsRegion	AWS provides services in multiple regions, like us-west-2 or eu-west-1.	us-east-1
Range / Sort Key Value string rangeKeyValue	The value of the optional range key (sort key) to match. This is required if your table has a range key.	Acme Inc
Table Name string / Required tableName	Provide the name of the table you would like to interact with.	Customers
Hash / Primary Key Value string / Required value	The value of the hash key (primary key) to match	cust_1234

Example Payload for Get Item

{
  "data": {
    "result": {
      "$metadata": {},
      "Item": {}
    },
    "found": true
  }
}

List Tables

List all DynamoDB Tables | key: listTables

Input	Notes	Example
Connection connection / Required awsConnection
AWS Region string awsRegion	AWS provides services in multiple regions, like us-west-2 or eu-west-1.	us-east-1

Example Payload for List Tables

{
  "data": {
    "result": {
      "$metadata": {},
      "TableNames": [
        "Table1",
        "Table2"
      ]
    },
    "found": true
  }
}

Query Items

Query a DynamoDB table | key: queryItems

Input	Default	Notes	Example
Connection connection / Required awsConnection
AWS Region string awsRegion		AWS provides services in multiple regions, like us-west-2 or eu-west-1.	us-east-1
Debug boolean debug	false	Enable debug mode to log additional information.
Expression Attribute Values string Key Value List expressionAttributeValues		Expression attribute values in Amazon DynamoDB are substitutes for the actual values that you want to compare—values that you might not know until runtime. An expression attribute value must begin with a colon (:) and be followed by one or more alphanumeric characters.
Expression Attribute Value Types string Key Value List expressionAttributeValueTypes		The DynamoDB data type for each query param. You must specify a type for each Expression Attribute Value you provided.
Filter Expression string filterExpression		The filter expression for the query.	contains (Subtitle, :topic)
Key Condition Expression string keyConditionExpression		The key condition expression for the query.	Season = :s and Episode > :e
Query Parameters string Key Value List queryParameters		The DynamoDB data type for each query param. You must specify a type for each Expression Attribute Value you provided.
Table Name string / Required tableName		Provide the name of the table you would like to interact with.	Customers

Raw Request

Execute single PartiQL statements. | key: rawRequest

Input	Default	Notes	Example
Connection connection / Required awsConnection
AWS Region string awsRegion		AWS provides services in multiple regions, like us-west-2 or eu-west-1.	us-east-1
Debug boolean debug	false	Enable debug mode to log additional information.
Parameters code parameters		The parameters for the PartiQL statement, if any.
Query Parameters string Key Value List queryParameters		The DynamoDB data type for each query param. You must specify a type for each Expression Attribute Value you provided.
Statement string / Required statement		The PartiQL statement representing the operation to run.	INSERT INTO Flowers value {'Name':?}

Update Item

Update an existing item in a DynamoDB database | key: updateItem

Input	Notes	Example
Connection connection / Required awsConnection
AWS Region string awsRegion	AWS provides services in multiple regions, like us-west-2 or eu-west-1.	us-east-1
Condition Expression string conditionExpression		Price > :limit
Update Expression string / Required query	An update expression specifies how UpdateItem will modify the attributes of an item. For example, setting a scalar value or removing elements from a list or a map.	set Title = :t, Subtitle = :s'
Expression Attribute Values string / Required Key Value List queryParams	Expression attribute values in Amazon DynamoDB are substitutes for the actual values that you want to compare—values that you might not know until runtime. An expression attribute value must begin with a colon (:) and be followed by one or more alphanumeric characters.
Expression Attribute Value Types string / Required Key Value List queryParamTypes	The DynamoDB data type for each query param. You must specify a type for each Expression Attribute Value you provided.
Range / Sort Key Value string rangeKeyValue	The value of the optional range key (sort key) to match. This is required if your table has a range key.	Acme Inc
Table Name string / Required tableName	Provide the name of the table you would like to interact with.	Customers
Hash / Primary Key Value string / Required value	The value of the hash key (primary key) to match	cust_1234

Upsert Item

Creates a new item, or replaces an existing item with a new item | key: createItem

Input	Default	Notes	Example
Connection connection / Required awsConnection
AWS Region string awsRegion		AWS provides services in multiple regions, like us-west-2 or eu-west-1.	us-east-1
Condition Expression string conditionExpression			Price > :limit
Expression Attribute Values string Key Value List expressionAttributeValues		Expression attribute values in Amazon DynamoDB are substitutes for the actual values that you want to compare—values that you might not know until runtime. An expression attribute value must begin with a colon (:) and be followed by one or more alphanumeric characters.
Expression Attribute Value Types string Key Value List expressionAttributeValueTypes		The DynamoDB data type for each query param. You must specify a type for each Expression Attribute Value you provided.
Value string / Required Key Value List item	key	Provide a key value record to be inserted into the specified table.
Value Types string / Required Key Value List itemTypes		For each item in the list, provide the datatype corresponding to the input item.	N
Table Name string / Required tableName		Provide the name of the table you would like to interact with.	Customers

You must specify a datatype alongside each property you insert. Prismatic will attempt to coerce the inputs you provide to the correct type upon execution. You can specify the datatype of your input with the Value Type input on the create and update item actions. Be sure to pass the correct format into the input, below is a list of types that DynamoDB will expect. S = string, N = number, B = buffer, BOOL = boolean, M = map/object, L = array, SS = string set, NS = number set, BS = buffer set

Create, update, fetch, or delete items in an Amazon (AWS) DynamoDB database

Description​

Connections​

DynamoDB Access Key and Secret​

AWS Role ARN​

Actions​

Create Table​

Delete Item​

Delete Table​

Describe Table​

Get Item​

List Tables​

Query Items​

Raw Request​

Update Item​

Upsert Item​