Setting up AWS Command Line Interface for DynamoDB
The AWS Command Line Interface allows us to operate various AWS resources from the command line itself. In this recipe, we are going to see how to use these and perform operations.
Getting ready
You can download the installer for Windows, Mac, or Linux from http://aws.amazon.com/cli/.
How to do it…
The AWS CLI for DynamoDB supports various commands, such as batch-get-item, batch-write-item, create-table, delete-item, delete-table, describe-table, get-item, list-tables, put-item, query, scan, update-item, update-table, wait, and so on.
To get started, we need to first configure the AWS CLI:
- Start Command Prompt, and type the following command:
aws configure - This will ask you for the
Access Key,Secret ...
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