Returns information about the table, including the current status of the table, when it was created, the primary key schema, and any indexes on the table.

C# |
DescribeTableResponse DescribeTable( DescribeTableRequest describeTableRequest )

- describeTableRequest (DescribeTableRequest)
- Container for the necessary parameters to execute the DescribeTable service method on AmazonDynamoDBv2.

The response from the DescribeTable service method, as returned by AmazonDynamoDBv2.

This example shows how to get a description for an existing table.

// Create a client AmazonDynamoDBClient client = new AmazonDynamoDBClient(); // Create DescribeTable request DescribeTableRequest request = new DescribeTableRequest { TableName = "SampleTable" }; // Issue DescribeTable request and retrieve the table description TableDescription tableDescription = client.DescribeTable(request).DescribeTableResult.Table; // View new table properties Console.WriteLine("Table name: {0}", tableDescription.TableName); Console.WriteLine("Creation time: {0}", tableDescription.CreationDateTime); Console.WriteLine("Item count: {0}", tableDescription.ItemCount); Console.WriteLine("Table size (bytes): {0}", tableDescription.TableSizeBytes); Console.WriteLine("Table status: {0}", tableDescription.TableStatus); // List table key schema List<KeySchemaElement> tableSchema = tableDescription.KeySchema; for (int i = 0; i < tableSchema.Count; i++) { KeySchemaElement element = tableSchema[i]; Console.WriteLine("Key: Name = {0}, KeyType = {1}", element.AttributeName, element.KeyType); } // List attribute definitions List<AttributeDefinition> attributeDefinitions = tableDescription.AttributeDefinitions; for (int i = 0; i < attributeDefinitions.Count; i++) { AttributeDefinition definition = attributeDefinitions[i]; Console.WriteLine("Attribute: Name = {0}, Type = {1}", definition.AttributeName, definition.AttributeType); } Console.WriteLine("Throughput: Reads = {0}, Writes = {1}", tableDescription.ProvisionedThroughput.ReadCapacityUnits, tableDescription.ProvisionedThroughput.WriteCapacityUnits);

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ResourceNotFoundException | |
InternalServerErrorException |