Coverts a standard Python dictionary to a Boto3 DynamoDB item

dict_to_dynamodb_item.py

def dict_to_item(raw):
    if type(raw) is dict:
        resp = {}
        for k,v in raw.iteritems():
            if type(v) is str:
                resp[k] = {
                    'S': v
                }
            elif type(v) is int:
                resp[k] = {
                    'I': str(v)
                }
            elif type(v) is dict:
                resp[k] = {
                    'M': dict_to_item(v)
                }
            elif type(v) is list:
                resp[k] = []
                for i in v:
                    resp[k].append(dict_to_item(i))
                    
        return resp
    elif type(raw) is str:
        return {
            'S': raw
        }
    elif type(raw) is int:
        return {
            'I': str(raw)
        }