Question

How do you create a table in Amazon DynamoDB using the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3)?

Answer 1

Here's an example of how to create a table in DynamoDB using Boto3:

import boto3

# Initialize a session using Amazon DynamoDB
dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb', region_name='us-west-2')

# Create the DynamoDB table
table = dynamodb.create_table(
    TableName='Movies',
    KeySchema=[
        {
            'AttributeName': 'year',
            'KeyType': 'HASH'  # Partition key
        },
        {
            'AttributeName': 'title',
            'KeyType': 'RANGE'  # Sort key
        }
    ],
    AttributeDefinitions=[
        {
            'AttributeName': 'year',
            'AttributeType': 'N'
        },
        {
            'AttributeName': 'title',
            'AttributeType': 'S'
        },
    ],
    ProvisionedThroughput={
        'ReadCapacityUnits': 10,
        'WriteCapacityUnits': 10
    }
)

# Wait until the table exists.
table.meta.client.get_waiter('table_exists').wait(TableName='Movies')

print("Table status:", table.table_status)