README.md

dynamodb-copy-table-python3

A simple python 3 script to copy dynamodb table

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Requirements

• Python 3.x
• boto (pip install boto)

Usage

A simple usage example:

$ 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

$ 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 in the official docker hub that you can pull from.

Usage:

# 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 <source_table_name> <destination_table_name>

# 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