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Amazon DynamoDB Tables API

Operations for creating, describing, updating, listing, and deleting DynamoDB tables

Amazon DynamoDB Tables API is one of 14 APIs that Amazon DynamoDB publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Tables. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, pricing, best-practice docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 22 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2012-08-10.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://dynamodb.{region}.amazonaws.com.

5 operations 5 paths 22 schemas 5 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2012-08-10
Base URL
https://dynamodb.{region}.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon DynamoDB Tables API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (aws_sigv4). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • aws_sigv4 — AWS Signature Version 4 authentication. All DynamoDB requests must be signed using the AWS SigV4 signing process. The service name for signing is 'dynamodb'.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Tables 5

Operations for creating, describing, updating, listing, and deleting DynamoDB tables

POST
/
Amazon Dynamodb Create a Dynamodb Table
CreateTable 1 param body → 200400409429500
POST
/#DescribeTable
Amazon Dynamodb Describe a Dynamodb Table
DescribeTable 1 param body → 200400404
POST
/#UpdateTable
Amazon Dynamodb Update a Dynamodb Table
UpdateTable 1 param body → 200400404429
POST
/#DeleteTable
Amazon Dynamodb Delete a Dynamodb Table
DeleteTable 1 param body → 200400404
POST
/#ListTables
Amazon Dynamodb List Dynamodb Tables
ListTables 1 param body → 200400500

Schemas 22

The contract defines 22 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TableDescription (19 properties), CreateTableInput (12 properties), UpdateTableInput (9 properties), ProvisionedThroughputDescription (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DeleteTableInput
object
1 property 1 required
KeySchemaElement
object
2 properties 2 required
Projection
object
2 properties
StreamSpecification
object
2 properties 1 required
TableDescription
object
19 properties
DescribeTableInput
object
1 property 1 required
DescribeTableOutput
object
1 property
CreateTableInput
object
12 properties 3 required
ListTablesInput
object
2 properties
UpdateTableInput
object
9 properties 1 required
AttributeDefinition
object
2 properties 2 required
ProvisionedThroughput
object
2 properties 2 required
Tag
object
2 properties 2 required
ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
UpdateTableOutput
object
1 property
DeleteTableOutput
object
1 property
ProvisionedThroughputDescription
object
5 properties
SSESpecification
object
3 properties
GlobalSecondaryIndex
object
4 properties 3 required
CreateTableOutput
object
1 property
LocalSecondaryIndex
object
3 properties 3 required
ListTablesOutput
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

dynamodb-tables-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon DynamoDB publishes across the network.

Amazon DynamoDB Streams API
Amazon DynamoDB Backups API
Amazon DynamoDB Batch Operations API
Amazon DynamoDB Exports API
Amazon DynamoDB Imports API
Amazon DynamoDB Items API
Amazon DynamoDB #ListTagsOfResource API
Amazon DynamoDB PartiQL API
Amazon DynamoDB Queries API
Amazon DynamoDB #TagResource API
Amazon DynamoDB Transactions API
Amazon DynamoDB TTL API
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