Create a DynamoDB table from json

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I was wondering if its possible to create a dynamodb table from the table definition json itself? I've looked into the aws cli tool and I couldnt find any way of doing this. Just wondering if it's possible.

aws dynamodb create-table file://tabledenifision.json

Thanks!

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What do you mean you "had no luck"? Did you get an error, and what did the error say? What is inside the tabledenifision.json file? – kurtzbot
Sorry about that. I meant I couldnt find any way of doing it. There's no command to read in an entire table schema as json – webber
The first two searches on Google for "aws create table json" seem really promising, both directly from AWS itself. 1 2. Do neither of these accomplish what you want? – kurtzbot
No, neither of the links accomplish it. – Amit Naidu
If you don't know what to put inside tabledefinition.json file, you might use dynobase.dev/dynamodb-table-schema-design-tool. It helps me a lot. – Rafal Wiliński

1 Answers

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I found your unanswered question today, and kept looking until I found an answer. Probably too late for you but may help others.

aws dynamodb create-table --cli-input-json file://tabledefinition.json

This command expects a json object in the file in the format outlined by the following command:

aws dynamodb create-table --generate-cli-skeleton

This approach seems to work with many aws commands.