How to get data from aws Dynamodb with using partition key only?

user6681013 picture user6681013 · Aug 10, 2016 · Viewed 14.6k times · Source

I am using aws-sdk-go library for DynamoDb connectivity in Golang.

My DynamoDb table have a Partition key DeviceId (String) and a Sort Key Time (Number). How can I write GetItemInput to get all data with a specific DeviceId?

params := &dynamodb.GetItemInput{

    Key:    map[string]*dynamodb.AttributeValue {
        "DeviceId": {
            S: aws.String("item_1"),
        },
    },
    ExpressionAttributeNames: map[string]*string{
        "DeviceId": "DeviceId",
    },
    TableName:  aws.String("DbName"), 
}

list, err := svc.GetItem(params)

Answer

Alessio picture Alessio · Aug 10, 2016

You have to use Query or Scan operation, this is a simple example but you can read more on Amazon documentation here

In particular, Query operation

A Query operation finds items in a table or a secondary index using only primary key attribute values

var queryInput = &dynamodb.QueryInput{
    TableName: aws.String(dynamoRestDataTableName),
    KeyConditions: map[string]*dynamodb.Condition{
        "DeviceId": {
            ComparisonOperator: aws.String("EQ"),
            AttributeValueList: []*dynamodb.AttributeValue{
                {
                    S: aws.String("aDeviceId"),
                },
            },
        },
    },
}

var resp, err = dynamoSvc.Query(queryInput)
if err != nil {
    return nil, err
}