import-csv-to-dynamo-db

This project is built so you can import data downloaded as CSV from AWS dynamodb to your local copy of dynamodb.

Before running

Change the config.json to match your environment

{
  "region": "ap-southeast-1",
  "endpoint": "http://127.0.0.1:8000"
}

Create new table matching the sample.csv format or any table you want to import the csv file into

aws dynamodb --endpoint-url http://localhost:8000 create-table \
--attribute-definitions AttributeName=email,AttributeType=S AttributeName=fullName,AttributeType=S \
--table-name sample \
--key-schema AttributeName=email,KeyType=HASH AttributeName=fullName,KeyType=RANGE \
--provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=5,WriteCapacityUnits=5

Running from within the cloned directory

Install the dependencies

npm i 

Link the bin directory

npm link

Then run the actual command

import-csv-to-dynamo -t <table_name> <path-to-csv>

Verify

aws dynamodb --endpoint-url http://localhost:8000 scan --table-name sample