DynamoDB Cookbook

Exporting data from AWS S3 to DynamoDB using AWS Data Pipeline

In this recipe, we will see how to export data from the DynamoDB table to S3 using the AWS Pipeline.

Getting ready

To get started, you need to have a table created and add a few entries to it.

How to do it…

Let's start with creating a pipeline that accepts the details, which can be used anytime we want to execute the export operation:

1. Go to the AWS Data Pipeline console (https://console.aws.amazon.com/datapipeline/).
2. Click on the Create Pipeline button. Enter the details of the data pipeline configurations in the form, as shown in the following screenshot. Here, we will add details, such as the pipeline name, description, source DynamoDB table name, target S3 folder, and so on. We select ...