# Previous low-level DynamoDB API version (2011-12-05)
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This section documents the operations available in the previous DynamoDB low-level API version (2011-12-05). This version of the low-level API is maintained for backward compatibility with existing applications.

**New applications should use the current API version (2012-08-10)**. For more information, see [DynamoDB API reference](CurrentAPI.md).

**Note**  
We recommend that you migrate your applications to the latest API version (2012-08-10), since new DynamoDB features will not be backported to the previous API version.

**Topics**
+ [BatchGetItem](API_BatchGetItem_v20111205.md)
+ [BatchWriteItem](API_BatchWriteItem_v20111205.md)
+ [CreateTable](API_CreateTable_v20111205.md)
+ [DeleteItem](API_DeleteItem_v20111205.md)
+ [DeleteTable](API_DeleteTable_v20111205.md)
+ [DescribeTables](API_DescribeTables_v20111205.md)
+ [GetItem](API_GetItem_v20111205.md)
+ [ListTables](API_ListTables_v20111205.md)
+ [PutItem](API_PutItem_v20111205.md)
+ [Query](API_Query_v20111205.md)
+ [Scan](API_Scan_v20111205.md)
+ [UpdateItem](API_UpdateItem_v20111205.md)
+ [UpdateTable](API_UpdateTable_v20111205.md)