Setting Up the DynamoDB Environment

AWS DynamoDB Table Structure

Tables – Similar to any other database system, DynamoDB stores data in tables. A table is a collection of items. Items – An item is a group of attributes that is uniquely identifiable among all of the other items. Each table contains zero or more items. Attributes – Each item is composed of one or more attributes. An attribute is a fundamental data element, something that does not need to be broken down any further....

Prerequisites

AWS Account: Before starting this tutorial, you must have an AWS account. Read this article in case you don’t have an AWS account. DynamoDB Table: You must have a table with items in it, so you can read an item from it. If you don’t know how to create the table read this article and for writing items in it read this article....

Setting Up the DynamoDB Environment

There are 3 ways you can use DynamoDB:...

Implementation:

Step 1: Login into AWS -> https://aws.amazon.com/ Management...

Conclusion

We have successfully read an item from the DynamoDB table (Music) using two methods Amazon Management Console and CloudShell (AWS CLI). Using GUI you can easily read items by just writing queries but if you want to read an item from outside Amazon Management Console we can use AWS CLI and convert output in JSON format....

Read an item from a DynamoDB table – FAQ’s

1. How to fetch all items from DynamoDB table?...