Code snippets for this tutorial:

import boto3

# Initialize a DynamoDB client
dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb')

# represent table in Python
table = dynamodb.Table('customer-accounts')

# sample customer
customer = {
            'customer_id': 1010,
            'join_date': '2024-06-04',
            'name': 'Patsy Smith',
            'age': 38
            }

# add customer to table
try:
    table.put_item(Item=customer)
    print("Result: Customer added successfully.")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Result: Failed to add customer: {str(e)}")

Code snippets for this tutorial:

import boto3

# Initialize a DynamoDB client
dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb')

# represent table in Python
table = dynamodb.Table('customer-accounts')


# count table records using scan (be careful when table is large)
response = table.scan(Select='COUNT')
print(response['Count'])


# return all records using scan (be careful when table is large)
response = table.scan()

for item in response['Items']:
    print(item)


# retrieve results using "query"
response = table.query(KeyConditionExpression='customer_id = :id AND join_date = :date',
                       ExpressionAttributeValues={':id': 1010, ':date': '2024-06-04'})

for item in response['Items']:
    print(item)


# retrieve results using "scan"
response = table.scan(FilterExpression='age > :age',
                      ExpressionAttributeValues={':age': 30})

for item in response['Items']:
    print(item)
    
#########################################################################
# IMPORTANT - DELETE OUR TABLE !!
#########################################################################

try:
    table.delete()
    print("Deletion of table has started")
    table.wait_until_not_exists()
    print("Deletion of table has finished")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error deleting table: {e}")