Unmarshall DynamoDB JSON

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hendry picture hendry · Jun 14, 2017 · Viewed 13.1k times · Source

Given some DynamoDB JSON via a DynamoDB NewImage stream event, how do I unmarshall it to regular JSON?

{"updated_at":{"N":"146548182"},"uuid":{"S":"foo"},"status":{"S":"new"}}

Normally I would use AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient, however I can't seem to find a generic Marshall/Unmarshall function.

Sidenote: Do I lose anything unmarshalling DynamoDB JSON to JSON and back again?

Answer

giaour picture giaour · Jun 14, 2017

You can use the AWS.DynamoDB.Converter.unmarshall function. Calling the following will return { updated_at: 146548182, uuid: 'foo', status: 'new' }:

AWS.DynamoDB.Converter.unmarshall({
    "updated_at":{"N":"146548182"},
    "uuid":{"S":"foo"},
    "status":{"S":"new"}
})

Everything that can be modeled in DynamoDB's marshalled JSON format can be safely translated to and from JS objects.

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