DynamoDB (using Spurious)

1. Setup.bash

# http://boot2docker.io/
# https://github.com/stevenjack/spurious

boot2docker init
boot2docker up
spurious-server start
spurious init
spurious start

2. env.yaml

AWS_REGION: "eu-west-1"
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: "development_access"
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: "development_secret"

DYNAMO_DB: "development_db"

3 .DynamoDB IRB Session.rb

# https://github.com/BBC-News/alephant-harness can automate the below set-up when using Spurious
# API Documentation http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/APIReference/API_Operations.html
# Ruby SDK API Documentation http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSRubySDK/latest/frames.html#!AWS/DynamoDB/Client/V20120810.html

require "aws-sdk"
require "dotenv"
require "spurious/ruby/awssdk/helper"

Spurious::Ruby::Awssdk::Helper.configure
# => <AWS::Core::Configuration>

Dotenv.load(
  File.join(
    File.dirname(__FILE__), "config", "development", "env.yaml"
  )
)
# => {"AWS_REGION"=>"eu-west-1", "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"=>"development_access", "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"=>"development_secret", "DYNAMO_DB"=>"development_db"}

dyn = AWS::DynamoDB::Client.new :api_version => "2012-08-10"
# dyn = AWS::DynamoDB::Client::V20120810.new
# => #<AWS::DynamoDB::Client::V20120810>

dyn.create_table({
  # This section requires us to define our primary key 
  # Which will be called "item_id" and it must be a numerical value
  :attribute_definitions => [
    { :attribute_name => "item_id", :attribute_type => "N" }
  ],
  :table_name => "my_books",
  # The primary key will be a simple Hash key (not a Hash/Range which requires both key types to be provided)
  # The attributes defined above must be included in the :key_schema Array
  :key_schema => [
    { :attribute_name => "item_id", :key_type => "HASH" }
  ],
  :provisioned_throughput => {
    :read_capacity_units  => 10,
    :write_capacity_units => 10
  }
})
# => {:table_description=>{:attribute_definitions=>[{:attribute_name=>"item_id", :attribute_type=>"N"}], :table_name=>"my_books", :key_schema=>[{:attribute_name=>"item_id", :key_type=>"HASH"}], :table_status=>"ACTIVE", :creation_date_time=>2014-11-24 16:59:47 +0000, :provisioned_throughput=>{:number_of_decreases_today=>0, :read_capacity_units=>10, :write_capacity_units=>10}, :table_size_bytes=>0, :item_count=>0}}

dyn.list_tables
# => {:table_names=>["my_books"]}

dyn.scan :table_name => "my_books"
# => {:member=>[], :count=>0, :scanned_count=>0}

dyn.put_item(
  :table_name => "my_books",
  :item => {
    "item_id" => { "N" => "1" }, # oddly this needs to be a String and not a strict Integer?
    "item_title" => { "S" => "My Book Title"},
    "item_released" => { "B" => "false" }
  }
)
# Note: if you use an "item_id" that already exists, then the item will be updated.
#       Unless you use the "expected" conditional feature

dyn.put_item(
  :table_name => "my_books",
  :item => {
    "item_id" => { "N" => "1" }, # oddly this needs to be a String and not a strict Integer?
    "item_title" => { "S" => "My Book Title"},
    "item_released" => { "B" => "false" }
  },
  # The :expected key specifies the conditions of our "put" operation.
  # If "item_id" isn't NULL (i.e. it exists) then our condition has failed.
  # This means we only write the value when the key "item_id" hasn't been set.
  :expected => {
    "item_id" => { :comparison_operator => "NULL" }
  }
)
# AWS::DynamoDB::Errors::ConditionalCheckFailedException: The conditional check failed

dyn.scan :table_name => "my_books"
# => {:member=>[{"item_id"=>{:n=>"1"}, "item_title"=>{:s=>"My Book Title"}, "item_released"=>{:b=>"false"}}], :count=>1, :scanned_count=>1}

dyn.query :table_name => "my_books", :consistent_read => true, :key_conditions => {
  "item_id" => {
    :comparison_operator => "EQ",
    :attribute_value_list => [{ "n" => "1" }]
  },
  "item_title" => {
    :comparison_operator => "EQ",
    :attribute_value_list => [{ "s" => "My Book Title" }]
  }
}
# => {:member=>[{"item_id"=>{:n=>"1"}, "item_title"=>{:s=>"My Book Title"}, "item_released"=>{:b=>"false"}}], :count=>1, :scanned_count=>1}

dyn.query :table_name => "my_books", 
  :consistent_read => true, 
  :select => "SPECIFIC_ATTRIBUTES",
  :attributes_to_get => ["item_title"],
  :key_conditions => {
  "item_id" => {
    :comparison_operator => "EQ",
    :attribute_value_list => [{ "n" => "1" }]
  },
  "item_title" => {
    :comparison_operator => "EQ",
    :attribute_value_list => [{ "s" => "My Book Title" }]
  }
}
# => {:member=>[{"item_title"=>{:s=>"My Book Title"}}], :count=>1, :scanned_count=>1}

dyn.delete_item(
  :table_name => "my_books",
  :key => {
    "item_id" => { "n" => "1" }
  }
)
# => {:member=>[], :count=>0, :scanned_count=>0}

Hi,

It seems like in the table, your each key is storing a key,value pair. I think there should be some way of storing the value only.