AmazonDynamoDBClient.DeleteItem Method (DeleteItemRequest)

Deletes a single item in a table by primary key. You can perform a conditional delete operation that deletes the item if it exists, or if it has an expected attribute value.

In addition to deleting an item, you can also return the item's attribute values in the same operation, using the ReturnValues parameter.

Unless you specify conditions, the DeleteItem is an idempotent operation; running it multiple times on the same item or attribute does not result in an error response.

Conditional deletes are useful for deleting items only if specific conditions are met. If those conditions are met, DynamoDB performs the delete. Otherwise, the item is not deleted.

Note:

For .NET Core this operation is only available in asynchronous form. Please refer to DeleteItemAsync.

Namespace: Amazon.DynamoDBv2
Assembly: AWSSDK.DynamoDBv2.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

public virtual DeleteItemResponse DeleteItem(
         DeleteItemRequest request
)

Parameters

request: Type: Amazon.DynamoDBv2.Model.DeleteItemRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the DeleteItem service method.

Return Value

Type: DeleteItemResponse

The response from the DeleteItem service method, as returned by DynamoDB.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ConditionalCheckFailedException	A condition specified in the operation could not be evaluated.
InternalServerErrorException	An error occurred on the server side.
ItemCollectionSizeLimitExceededException	An item collection is too large. This exception is only returned for tables that have one or more local secondary indexes.
ProvisionedThroughputExceededException	Your request rate is too high. The Amazon Web Services SDKs for DynamoDB automatically retry requests that receive this exception. Your request is eventually successful, unless your retry queue is too large to finish. Reduce the frequency of requests and use exponential backoff. For more information, go to Error Retries and Exponential Backoff in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
RequestLimitExceededException	Throughput exceeds the current throughput quota for your account. Please contact Amazon Web Services Support to request a quota increase.
ResourceNotFoundException	The operation tried to access a nonexistent table or index. The resource might not be specified correctly, or its status might not be ACTIVE.
TransactionConflictException	Operation was rejected because there is an ongoing transaction for the item.

Examples

This example shows how to delete an item in a table.

DeleteItem sample


// Create a client
AmazonDynamoDBClient client = new AmazonDynamoDBClient();

// Define item key
//  Hash-key of the target item is string value "Mark Twain"
//  Range-key of the target item is string value "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
Dictionary<string, AttributeValue> key = new Dictionary<string, AttributeValue>
{
    { "Author", new AttributeValue { S = "Mark Twain" } },
    { "Title", new AttributeValue { S = "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" } }
};

// Create DeleteItem request
DeleteItemRequest request = new DeleteItemRequest
{
    TableName = "SampleTable",
    Key = key
};

// Issue request
client.DeleteItem(request);

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5

AmazonDynamoDBClient.DeleteItem (DeleteItemRequest)

Method