"Rename" an AWS Glue table by creating a new table

rename_table.py

import boto3

database_name = "databse"
table_name = "prefix-dir_name"
new_table_name = "more_awesome_name"

client = boto3.client("glue")
response = client.get_table(DatabaseName=database_name, Name=table_name)
table_input = response["Table"]
table_input["Name"] = new_table_name
# Delete keys that cause create_table to fail
table_input.pop("CreatedBy")
table_input.pop("CreateTime")
table_input.pop("UpdateTime")
create_response = client.create_table(DatabaseName=database_name, TableInput=table_input)