AttributeValue
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
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Note
In the following list, the required parameters are described first.
- B
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An attribute of type Binary. For example:
"B": "dGhpcyB0ZXh0IGlzIGJhc2U2NC1lbmNvZGVk"Type: Base64-encoded binary data object
Required: No
- BOOL
-
An attribute of type Boolean. For example:
"BOOL": trueType: Boolean
Required: No
- BS
-
An attribute of type Binary Set. For example:
"BS": ["U3Vubnk=", "UmFpbnk=", "U25vd3k="]Type: Array of Base64-encoded binary data objects
Required: No
- L
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An attribute of type List. For example:
"L": [ {"S": "Cookies"} , {"S": "Coffee"}, {"N": "3.14159"}]Type: Array of AttributeValue objects
Required: No
- M
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An attribute of type Map. For example:
"M": {"Name": {"S": "Joe"}, "Age": {"N": "35"}}Type: String to AttributeValue object map
Key Length Constraints: Maximum length of 65535.
Required: No
- N
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An attribute of type Number. For example:
"N": "123.45"Numbers are sent across the network to DynamoDB as strings, to maximize compatibility across languages and libraries. However, DynamoDB treats them as number type attributes for mathematical operations.
Type: String
Required: No
- NS
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An attribute of type Number Set. For example:
"NS": ["42.2", "-19", "7.5", "3.14"]Numbers are sent across the network to DynamoDB as strings, to maximize compatibility across languages and libraries. However, DynamoDB treats them as number type attributes for mathematical operations.
Type: Array of strings
Required: No
- NULL
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An attribute of type Null. For example:
"NULL": trueType: Boolean
Required: No
- S
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An attribute of type String. For example:
"S": "Hello"Type: String
Required: No
- SS
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An attribute of type String Set. For example:
"SS": ["Giraffe", "Hippo" ,"Zebra"]Type: Array of strings
Required: No
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
