Querying a Local Secondary Index using the AWS SDK for Java

Now, we are going to see how to query a local secondary index.

Getting ready

To perform this operation, you can use the IDE of your choice. To perform a query operation, you should first add items using the AWS Console or SDK, as we have seen in the earlier chapters.

How to do it…

The Query API on a Local Secondary Index is similar to the query API on a DynamoDB table. Perform the following operations in order to query the index:

  1. Create an instance of the DynamoDB class and initialize it with the credentials. Also, get the table from DynamoDB on which you wish to perform the query operation:
     AmazonDynamoDBClient client = new AmazonDynamoDBClient( new ProfileCredentialsProvider()); client.setRegion(Region.getRegion(Regions.US_EAST_1)); ...

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