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Amazon DynamoDB Transactions API

Transactional read and write operations across multiple items and tables

Amazon DynamoDB Transactions 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 Transaction. 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 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 10 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.

3 operations 3 paths 10 schemas 3 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 Transactions 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 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Transactions 3

Transactional read and write operations across multiple items and tables

POST
/#TransactGetItems
Amazon Dynamodb Get Items in a Transaction
TransactGetItems 1 param body → 200400429
POST
/#TransactWriteItems
Amazon Dynamodb Write Items in a Transaction
TransactWriteItems 1 param body → 200400429
POST
/#ExecuteTransaction
Amazon Dynamodb Execute Partiql Statements in a Transaction
ExecuteTransaction 1 param body → 200400

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AttributeValue (10 properties), ConsumedCapacity (7 properties), TransactWriteItemsInput (4 properties), ExecuteTransactionInput (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ExecuteTransactionOutput
object
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
AttributeValue
object
Represents the data for an attribute. Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself. Dyna…
10 properties
TransactWriteItemsInput
object
4 properties 1 required
ItemCollectionMetrics
object
2 properties
TransactWriteItemsOutput
object
2 properties
ExecuteTransactionInput
object
3 properties 1 required
TransactGetItemsInput
object
2 properties 1 required
TransactGetItemsOutput
object
2 properties
ConsumedCapacity
object
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

dynamodb-transactions-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 Tables API
Amazon DynamoDB #TagResource API
Amazon DynamoDB TTL API
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