Example tables and data - Amazon DynamoDB

Example tables and data

The Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide uses sample tables to illustrate various aspects of DynamoDB.

Table name Primary key
ProductCatalog

Simple primary key:

  • Id (Number)

Forum

Simple primary key:

  • Name (String)

Thread

Composite primary key:

  • ForumName (String)

  • Subject (String)

Reply

Composite primary key:

  • Id (String)

  • ReplyDateTime (String)

The Reply table has a global secondary index named PostedBy-Message-Index. This index will facilitate queries on two non-key attributes of the Reply table.

Index name Primary key
PostedBy-Message-Index

Composite primary key:

  • PostedBy (String)

  • Message (String)

For more information about these tables, see Step 1: Create a table and Step 2: Write data to a table using the console or AWS CLI.

Sample data files

The following sections show the sample data files that are used for loading the ProductCatalog, Forum, Thread and Reply tables.

Each data file contains multiple PutRequest elements, each of which contain a single item. These PutRequest elements are used as input to the BatchWriteItem operation, using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

For more information, see Step 2: Write data to a table using the console or AWS CLI in Creating tables and loading data for code examples in DynamoDB.

ProductCatalog sample data

{ "ProductCatalog": [ { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "N": "101" }, "Title": { "S": "Book 101 Title" }, "ISBN": { "S": "111-1111111111" }, "Authors": { "L": [ { "S": "Author1" } ] }, "Price": { "N": "2" }, "Dimensions": { "S": "8.5 x 11.0 x 0.5" }, "PageCount": { "N": "500" }, "InPublication": { "BOOL": true }, "ProductCategory": { "S": "Book" } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "N": "102" }, "Title": { "S": "Book 102 Title" }, "ISBN": { "S": "222-2222222222" }, "Authors": { "L": [ { "S": "Author1" }, { "S": "Author2" } ] }, "Price": { "N": "20" }, "Dimensions": { "S": "8.5 x 11.0 x 0.8" }, "PageCount": { "N": "600" }, "InPublication": { "BOOL": true }, "ProductCategory": { "S": "Book" } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "N": "103" }, "Title": { "S": "Book 103 Title" }, "ISBN": { "S": "333-3333333333" }, "Authors": { "L": [ { "S": "Author1" }, { "S": "Author2" } ] }, "Price": { "N": "2000" }, "Dimensions": { "S": "8.5 x 11.0 x 1.5" }, "PageCount": { "N": "600" }, "InPublication": { "BOOL": false }, "ProductCategory": { "S": "Book" } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "N": "201" }, "Title": { "S": "18-Bike-201" }, "Description": { "S": "201 Description" }, "BicycleType": { "S": "Road" }, "Brand": { "S": "Mountain A" }, "Price": { "N": "100" }, "Color": { "L": [ { "S": "Red" }, { "S": "Black" } ] }, "ProductCategory": { "S": "Bicycle" } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "N": "202" }, "Title": { "S": "21-Bike-202" }, "Description": { "S": "202 Description" }, "BicycleType": { "S": "Road" }, "Brand": { "S": "Brand-Company A" }, "Price": { "N": "200" }, "Color": { "L": [ { "S": "Green" }, { "S": "Black" } ] }, "ProductCategory": { "S": "Bicycle" } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "N": "203" }, "Title": { "S": "19-Bike-203" }, "Description": { "S": "203 Description" }, "BicycleType": { "S": "Road" }, "Brand": { "S": "Brand-Company B" }, "Price": { "N": "300" }, "Color": { "L": [ { "S": "Red" }, { "S": "Green" }, { "S": "Black" } ] }, "ProductCategory": { "S": "Bicycle" } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "N": "204" }, "Title": { "S": "18-Bike-204" }, "Description": { "S": "204 Description" }, "BicycleType": { "S": "Mountain" }, "Brand": { "S": "Brand-Company B" }, "Price": { "N": "400" }, "Color": { "L": [ { "S": "Red" } ] }, "ProductCategory": { "S": "Bicycle" } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "N": "205" }, "Title": { "S": "18-Bike-204" }, "Description": { "S": "205 Description" }, "BicycleType": { "S": "Hybrid" }, "Brand": { "S": "Brand-Company C" }, "Price": { "N": "500" }, "Color": { "L": [ { "S": "Red" }, { "S": "Black" } ] }, "ProductCategory": { "S": "Bicycle" } } } } ] }

Forum sample data

{ "Forum": [ { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Name": {"S":"Amazon DynamoDB"}, "Category": {"S":"Amazon Web Services"}, "Threads": {"N":"2"}, "Messages": {"N":"4"}, "Views": {"N":"1000"} } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Name": {"S":"Amazon S3"}, "Category": {"S":"Amazon Web Services"} } } } ] }

Thread sample data

{ "Thread": [ { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "ForumName": { "S": "Amazon DynamoDB" }, "Subject": { "S": "DynamoDB Thread 1" }, "Message": { "S": "DynamoDB thread 1 message" }, "LastPostedBy": { "S": "User A" }, "LastPostedDateTime": { "S": "2015-09-22T19:58:22.514Z" }, "Views": { "N": "0" }, "Replies": { "N": "0" }, "Answered": { "N": "0" }, "Tags": { "L": [ { "S": "index" }, { "S": "primarykey" }, { "S": "table" } ] } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "ForumName": { "S": "Amazon DynamoDB" }, "Subject": { "S": "DynamoDB Thread 2" }, "Message": { "S": "DynamoDB thread 2 message" }, "LastPostedBy": { "S": "User A" }, "LastPostedDateTime": { "S": "2015-09-15T19:58:22.514Z" }, "Views": { "N": "3" }, "Replies": { "N": "0" }, "Answered": { "N": "0" }, "Tags": { "L": [ { "S": "items" }, { "S": "attributes" }, { "S": "throughput" } ] } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "ForumName": { "S": "Amazon S3" }, "Subject": { "S": "S3 Thread 1" }, "Message": { "S": "S3 thread 1 message" }, "LastPostedBy": { "S": "User A" }, "LastPostedDateTime": { "S": "2015-09-29T19:58:22.514Z" }, "Views": { "N": "0" }, "Replies": { "N": "0" }, "Answered": { "N": "0" }, "Tags": { "L": [ { "S": "largeobjects" }, { "S": "multipart upload" } ] } } } } ] }

Reply sample data

{ "Reply": [ { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "S": "Amazon DynamoDB#DynamoDB Thread 1" }, "ReplyDateTime": { "S": "2015-09-15T19:58:22.947Z" }, "Message": { "S": "DynamoDB Thread 1 Reply 1 text" }, "PostedBy": { "S": "User A" } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "S": "Amazon DynamoDB#DynamoDB Thread 1" }, "ReplyDateTime": { "S": "2015-09-22T19:58:22.947Z" }, "Message": { "S": "DynamoDB Thread 1 Reply 2 text" }, "PostedBy": { "S": "User B" } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "S": "Amazon DynamoDB#DynamoDB Thread 2" }, "ReplyDateTime": { "S": "2015-09-29T19:58:22.947Z" }, "Message": { "S": "DynamoDB Thread 2 Reply 1 text" }, "PostedBy": { "S": "User A" } } } }, { "PutRequest": { "Item": { "Id": { "S": "Amazon DynamoDB#DynamoDB Thread 2" }, "ReplyDateTime": { "S": "2015-10-05T19:58:22.947Z" }, "Message": { "S": "DynamoDB Thread 2 Reply 2 text" }, "PostedBy": { "S": "User A" } } } } ] }