AWS SimpleDB mini crud

simpledb.py

import boto3

sdb = boto3.client('sdb')
domain_name = 'sdb_test'

def make_item(item_name, attributes):
    return {
        'ItemName': item_name,
        'Attributes':  [{'Name': k, 'Value': v, 'Replace': True} for k, v in attributes.items()]
    }

def get_item(item_name):
    response = sdb.get_attributes(DomainName=domain_name, ItemName=item_name)

    try:
        item = {attr['Name']:attr['Value'] for attr in response['Attributes']}
    except KeyError as e:
        raise ValueError('[{}] not found'.format(item_name))

    item['ItemName'] = item_name
    return item

def delete_item(item_name):
    response = sdb.delete_attributes(DomainName=domain_name, ItemName=item_name)
    return response['ResponseMetadata']['HTTPStatusCode'] is 200

def put_item(item):
    response = sdb.put_attributes(DomainName=domain_name, **item)
    return response['ResponseMetadata']['HTTPStatusCode'] is 200

'''
Example:
item = make_item('my_item', {'attr1':'value1'})
put_item(item)
print(get_item('my_item'))
delete_item('item_name')
'''