brandeiscloudweek8.js

gistfile1.txt

var AWS = require("aws-sdk");

AWS.config.update({
  region: "us-east-1",
  endpoint: "dynamodb.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
});

var docClient = new AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient();

// The table I created
var table = "BrandeisClass";

var params = {
    TableName: table,
    Key:{
        "Text": "Another",
    }
};

docClient.get(params, function(err, data) {
    if (err) {
        console.error("Unable to read item. Error JSON:", JSON.stringify(err, null, 2));
    } else {
        console.log("GetItem succeeded:", JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
    }
});

// Let's just post some data with some additional fields
var item = {
  "Text":"yeah",
  "LastUpdate" :
  {
    "year" : 2014,
    "month" : 10,
    "day" : 30
  },
  "Locations"  :
    [ "US", "CAN", "UK", "SP", "CL" ]
}

var params = {
    TableName:table,
    Item:item
    }

console.log("Adding a new item...");
docClient.put(params, function(err, data) {
    if (err) {
        console.error("Unable to add item. Error JSON:", JSON.stringify(err, null, 2));
    } else {
        console.log("Added item:", JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
    }
});