Manage DynamoDB Global Secondary Indexes using AWS Command Line Interface v2 - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Manage DynamoDB Global Secondary Indexes using AWS Command Line Interface v2

The following code example shows how to manage the complete lifecycle of Global Secondary Indexes.

  • Create a table with a Global Secondary Index.

  • Add a new GSI to an existing table.

  • Update (increase) GSI warm throughput.

  • Query data using GSIs.

  • Delete a GSI.

Bash
AWS CLI with Bash script

Create a table with a Global Secondary Index.

# Create a table with a GSI
aws dynamodb create-table \
    --table-name MusicCollection \
    --attribute-definitions \
        AttributeName=Artist,AttributeType=S \
        AttributeName=SongTitle,AttributeType=S \
        AttributeName=AlbumTitle,AttributeType=S \
    --key-schema \
        AttributeName=Artist,KeyType=HASH \
        AttributeName=SongTitle,KeyType=RANGE \
    --billing-mode PAY_PER_REQUEST \
    --global-secondary-indexes \
        "IndexName=AlbumIndex,\
        KeySchema=[{AttributeName=AlbumTitle,KeyType=HASH}],\
        Projection={ProjectionType=ALL}"

Add a new (on-demand) GSI to an existing table.

# Add a new GSI to an existing table
aws dynamodb update-table \
    --table-name MusicCollection \
    --attribute-definitions \
        AttributeName=Genre,AttributeType=S \
    --global-secondary-index-updates \
        "[{\"Create\":{\"IndexName\":\"GenreIndex\",\
        \"KeySchema\":[{\"AttributeName\":\"Genre\",\"KeyType\":\"HASH\"}],\
        \"Projection\":{\"ProjectionType\":\"ALL\"}}}]"

Update (increase) GSI warm throughput.

# Increase the warm throughput of a GSI (default values are 12k reads, 4k writes)
aws dynamodb update-table \
    --table-name MusicCollection \
    --global-secondary-index-updates \
        "[{\"Update\":{\"IndexName\":\"AlbumIndex\",\
        \"WarmThroughput\":{\"ReadUnitsPerSecond\":15000,\"WriteUnitsPerSecond\":6000}}}]"

Query data using GSIs.

# Query the AlbumIndex GSI
aws dynamodb query \
    --table-name MusicCollection \
    --index-name AlbumIndex \
    --key-condition-expression "AlbumTitle = :album" \
    --expression-attribute-values '{":album":{"S":"Let It Be"}}'

# Query the GenreIndex GSI
aws dynamodb query \
    --table-name MusicCollection \
    --index-name GenreIndex \
    --key-condition-expression "Genre = :genre" \
    --expression-attribute-values '{":genre":{"S":"Jazz"}}'

Delete a GSI.

# Delete a GSI from a table
aws dynamodb update-table \
    --table-name MusicCollection \
    --global-secondary-index-updates \
        "[{\"Delete\":{\"IndexName\":\"GenreIndex\"}}]"