How can I save the output of an API call to DynamoDB? - amazon-web-services

Question

I am calling a REST API from lambda function in AWS . I receive the response in the terminal. How can I store these API responses in DynamoDB. I am sorry if this may seem naive to some. I am a beginner and self learner.

Answer 1

Here is a full working example for a Python based Lambda function:
# Import AWS (Python version) SDK
import boto3
def lambda_handler(event, context):
# Construct the client to the DynamoDB service
client = boto3.client('dynamodb')
db = boto3.resource('dynamodb')
table_name = 'my-awesome-table'
# Table instance
table = db.Table(table_name)
# Example data to query an entry from the table
primary_column_name = 'email'
primary_key = 'john#gmail.com'
# We get an object for the retrieved table entry
table_entry = get_table_item(table, primary_column_name, primary_key)
# Example data to put into the table
new_entry = {
'email': 'jack#outlook.com',
'name': 'Jack Ma',
'age': 56
}
put_table_item(table, new_entry)
# Function to retrieve an entry from the DynamoDB table
def get_table_item(table, primary_column_name, primary_key):
response = table.get_item(
Key={
primary_column_name: primary_key
}
)
return response['Item']
# Function to put an entry into the DynamoDB table
def put_table_item(table, item):
response = table.put_item(
Item=item
)
# If there were errors, throw an exception
if (response['ResponseMetadata']['HTTPStatusCode'] != 200):
raise Exception('Failed to update table!')