DynamoDB CLI

CLI options for DynamoDB

  • --projection-expression : one or more attirbutes to retrieve
  • --filter-expression: filter items before returned to you
    • this is happening client size

Some pagination options (DynamoDB, S3)

  • --page-size: (default: 1000 items) specify the page size to run concurrently.
    • For example if we have 1000 items, page size of 100, we have 10 concurrent api calls with 100 each to avoid timeout
  • --max-items: max items to show in the CLI return NextToken as an iterator
  • --starting-token: iterator, specify the last NextToken to start from there