Tag Archives: DynamoDB

AWS SAM not re-creating DynamoDb Table that was manually deleted – CodeStar

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Hi everyone,

I ran into a bit of an issue after deleting a DynamoDb table via the AWS Console that had been created via CloudFormation (using AWS SAM). After deleting it I had expected it to be re-created automatically on the next deploy. Unfortunately this didn’t happen.

I came across the following AWS article that does a pretty good job of summarising the issue: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/failing-stack-updates-deleted/

To fix it, I removed all references to the table from my template.yml file (this includes the table definition and any !Ref tags). After pushing this changeset I returned all of the references and re-pushed.

Let me know if you have any issues!

Cheers,
Chris

AWS SAM Cheat Sheet/Quick Reference

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Hi everyone,

This will just be a living cheat sheet or quick reference for using AWS SAM with nodejs. I’ll add to it as I find things that are useful or I might need again.

General AWS SAM Info:

Description Example More
Validate template sam validate
Start AWS Sam Locally https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/serverless-quick-start.html
Access config variable in Lambda const CAT_BREED_TABLE = process.env.CAT_BREED_TABLE; https://stackoverflow.com/a/48491845/522859
Dynamically reference another resource in template.yml CAT_BREED_TABLE: !Ref DynamoDbCatBreedTable https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/intrinsic-function-reference-ref.html

Dynamo DB Local Info:

Description Example More
Create table aws dynamodb create-table –table-name CatBreeds –attribute-definitions AttributeName=CatBreedId,AttributeType=S –key-schema AttributeName=CatBreedId,KeyType=HASH –provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=5,WriteCapacityUnits=5
–endpoint-url http://192.168.0.31:8000 		https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Tools.CLI.html
List Tables aws dynamodb list-tables –endpoint-url http://192.168.0.31:8000 https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Tools.CLI.html
List All Rows in Table aws dynamodb scan –table-name PestinatorTable –endpoint-url http://192.168.0.31:8000 https://stackoverflow.com/a/52236600/522859

Node.js Info:

Description Example More
Run tests npm test –

Parsing DynamoDB Items – AWS Lambda with Node.js

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Hi everyone,

A quick post on how to parse DynamoDB items into something more readable when using lambda with Node.js:

Original:

console.log(data["Item"]);

{
    CatBreedId: { S: '17acbc81-2b4a-462b-be87-bcc49580b1ae'},
    Name: { S: 'Cat #1'}
}

Parsed:

console.log(AWS.DynamoDB.Converter.unmarshall(data["Item"]));

{
    "CatBreedId": "17acbc81-2b4a-462b-be87-bcc49580b1ae",
    "Name": "Cat #1"
}

Official doco is here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/latest/AWS/DynamoDB/Converter.html

Thanks to the following stackoverflow post for the info: https://stackoverflow.com/a/44536616/522859

Create DynamoDB Table – AWS CLI

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Hi everyone,

A quick example of how to create a dynamodb table using the AWS CLI:

aws dynamodb create-table --table-name CatBreeds --attribute-definitions AttributeName=CatBreedId,AttributeType=S --key-schema AttributeName=CatBreedId,KeyType=HASH --provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=5,WriteCapacityUnits=5

For more info the following AWS page helped me: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/dynamodb/create-table.html