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Created June 6, 2018 14:32
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"Rename" an AWS Glue table by creating a new table
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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)
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msropp commented Dec 14, 2022

That gist listed above by @fjavieralba works really well!!!

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