How can I access Amazon DynamoDB via Python?

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Lostsoul picture Lostsoul · Jan 20, 2012 · Viewed 25.8k times · Source

I'm currently using hbase with my Python apps and wanted to try out Amazon DynamoDB. Is there a way to use Python to read, write and query data?

Answer

virhilo picture virhilo · Jan 20, 2012

You can use boto: https://github.com/boto/boto

docs: https://boto.readthedocs.org/en/latest/dynamodb2_tut.html

api reference: https://boto.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ref/dynamodb2.html

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