Use DescribeTimeToLive with an AWS SDK or CLI - Amazon DynamoDB

Use DescribeTimeToLive with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeTimeToLive.

CLI
AWS CLI

To view Time to Live settings for a table

The following describe-time-to-live example displays Time to Live settings for the MusicCollection table.

aws dynamodb describe-time-to-live \
    --table-name MusicCollection

Output:

{
    "TimeToLiveDescription": {
        "TimeToLiveStatus": "ENABLED",
        "AttributeName": "ttl"
    }
}

For more information, see Time to Live in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x

Describe TTL configuration on an existing DynamoDB table.

import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.DynamoDbClient;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.DescribeTimeToLiveRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.DescribeTimeToLiveResponse;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.DynamoDbException;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.ResourceNotFoundException;

import java.util.Optional;

        final DescribeTimeToLiveRequest request = DescribeTimeToLiveRequest.builder()
                .tableName(tableName)
                .build();
        try (DynamoDbClient ddb = DynamoDbClient.builder()
                .region(region)
                .build()) {
            final DescribeTimeToLiveResponse response = ddb.describeTimeToLive(request);
            System.out.println(tableName + " description of time to live is "
                    + response.toString());
        } catch (ResourceNotFoundException e) {
            System.err.format("Error: The Amazon DynamoDB table \"%s\" can't be found.\n", tableName);
            System.exit(1);
        } catch (DynamoDbException e) {
            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
            System.exit(1);
        }
        System.exit(0);
JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
import { DynamoDBClient, DescribeTimeToLiveCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb";

const describeTableTTL = async (tableName, region) => {
    const client = new DynamoDBClient({
        region: region,
        endpoint: `https://dynamodb.${region}.amazonaws.com`
    });

    try {
        const ttlDescription = await client.send(new DescribeTimeToLiveCommand({ TableName: tableName }));

        if (ttlDescription.TimeToLiveDescription.TimeToLiveStatus === 'ENABLED') {
            console.log("TTL is enabled for table %s.", tableName);
        } else {
            console.log("TTL is not enabled for table %s.", tableName);
        }

        return ttlDescription;
    } catch (e) {
        console.error(`Error describing table: ${e}`);
        throw e;
    }
}

// enter table name and change region if desired.
describeTableTTL('your-table-name', 'us-east-1');
Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
import boto3

def describe_ttl(table_name, region):
    """
    Describes TTL on an existing table, as well as a region.

    :param table_name: String representing the name of the table
    :param region: AWS Region of the table - example `us-east-1`
    :return: Time to live description.
    """
    try:
        dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb', region_name=region)
        ttl_description = dynamodb.describe_time_to_live(TableName=table_name)
        print(
            f"TimeToLive for table {table_name} is status {ttl_description['TimeToLiveDescription']['TimeToLiveStatus']}")

        return ttl_description
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error describing table: {e}")
        raise


# Enter your own table name and AWS region
describe_ttl('your-table-name', 'us-east-1')

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using DynamoDB with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.