https://github.com/techgaun/dynamodb-copy-table

A simple python script to copy dynamodb table (useful for achieving renaming of table)
https://github.com/techgaun/dynamodb-copy-table

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A simple python script to copy dynamodb table (useful for achieving renaming of table)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/techgaun/dynamodb-copy-table
• Owner: techgaun
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-09-17T21:01:30.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-10-07T05:33:19.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-03T18:22:09.380Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: amazon-web-services, dynamodb, dynamodb-table, hacktoberfest, python-script
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 7.81 KB
• Stars: 163
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 70
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# dynamodb-copy-table-python3

A simple python 3 script to copy dynamodb table

---

### Requirements

- Python 3.x

- boto (`pip install boto`)

### Usage

A simple usage example:

```shell

$ python dynamodb-copy-table.py src_table dst_table

```

The following environment variables can be used:

Variable | Purpose

--- | ---

`AWS_DEFAULT_REGION` | Select the region (the default region is `us-west-2`)

`DISABLE_CREATION` | Disable the creation of a new table (Useful if the table already exists)

`DISABLE_DATACOPY` | Disable the copying of data from source table to destination table

```shell

$ AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1 DISABLE_CREATION=yes DISABLE_DATACOPY=yes \

python dynamodb-copy-table.py src_table dst_table

```

#### Docker Image

The docker image is available as [techgaun/dynamodb-copy-table:latest](https://hub.docker.com/r/techgaun/dynamodb-copy-table)

in the official docker hub that you can pull from.

Usage:

```shell

# pull image down

docker pull techgaun/dynamodb-copy-table:latest

# invoke help

$ docker run --rm -it techgaun/dynamodb-copy-table:latest

Usage: dynamodb-copy-table.py  

# invoke copy

docker run -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=abc -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=def --rm -it techgaun/dynamodb-copy-table:latest src dest

```

### References

- [Import and Export DynamoDB Data using AWS Data Pipeline](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/datapipeline/latest/DeveloperGuide/dp-importexport-ddb.html)