SimpleDB

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Client

class SimpleDB.Client

A low-level client representing Amazon SimpleDB Amazon SimpleDB is a web service providing the core database functions of data indexing and querying in the cloud. By offloading the time and effort associated with building and operating a web-scale database, SimpleDB provides developers the freedom to focus on application development.

A traditional, clustered relational database requires a sizable upfront capital outlay, is complex to design, and often requires extensive and repetitive database administration. Amazon SimpleDB is dramatically simpler, requiring no schema, automatically indexing your data and providing a simple API for storage and access. This approach eliminates the administrative burden of data modeling, index maintenance, and performance tuning. Developers gain access to this functionality within Amazon's proven computing environment, are able to scale instantly, and pay only for what they use.

Visit http://aws.amazon.com/simpledb/ for more information.

import boto3

client = boto3.client('sdb')

These are the available methods:

batch_delete_attributes(**kwargs)

Performs multiple DeleteAttributes operations in a single call, which reduces round trips and latencies. This enables Amazon SimpleDB to optimize requests, which generally yields better throughput.

The following limitations are enforced for this operation:

  • 1 MB request size
  • 25 item limit per BatchDeleteAttributes operation

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.batch_delete_attributes(
    DomainName='string',
    Items=[
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'Attributes': [
                {
                    'Name': 'string',
                    'AlternateNameEncoding': 'string',
                    'Value': 'string',
                    'AlternateValueEncoding': 'string'
                },
            ]
        },
    ]
)
Parameters
  • DomainName (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the domain in which the attributes are being deleted.
  • Items (list) --

    [REQUIRED] A list of items on which to perform the operation.

    • (dict) --
      • Name (string) -- [REQUIRED]
      • Attributes (list) --
        • (dict) --
          • Name (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the attribute.
          • AlternateNameEncoding (string) --
          • Value (string) -- [REQUIRED] The value of the attribute.
          • AlternateValueEncoding (string) --
Returns

None

batch_put_attributes(**kwargs)

The BatchPutAttributes operation creates or replaces attributes within one or more items. By using this operation, the client can perform multiple PutAttribute operation with a single call. This helps yield savings in round trips and latencies, enabling Amazon SimpleDB to optimize requests and generally produce better throughput.

The client may specify the item name with the Item.X.ItemName parameter. The client may specify new attributes using a combination of the Item.X.Attribute.Y.Name and Item.X.Attribute.Y.Value parameters. The client may specify the first attribute for the first item using the parameters Item.0.Attribute.0.Name and Item.0.Attribute.0.Value , and for the second attribute for the first item by the parameters Item.0.Attribute.1.Name and Item.0.Attribute.1.Value , and so on.

Attributes are uniquely identified within an item by their name/value combination. For example, a single item can have the attributes { "first_name", "first_value" } and { "first_name", "second_value" } . However, it cannot have two attribute instances where both the Item.X.Attribute.Y.Name and Item.X.Attribute.Y.Value are the same.

Optionally, the requester can supply the Replace parameter for each individual value. Setting this value to true will cause the new attribute values to replace the existing attribute values. For example, if an item I has the attributes { 'a', '1' }, { 'b', '2'} and { 'b', '3' } and the requester does a BatchPutAttributes of {'I', 'b', '4' } with the Replace parameter set to true, the final attributes of the item will be { 'a', '1' } and { 'b', '4' } , replacing the previous values of the 'b' attribute with the new value.

Warning

This operation is vulnerable to exceeding the maximum URL size when making a REST request using the HTTP GET method. This operation does not support conditions using Expected.X.Name , Expected.X.Value , or Expected.X.Exists .

You can execute multiple BatchPutAttributes operations and other operations in parallel. However, large numbers of concurrent BatchPutAttributes calls can result in Service Unavailable (503) responses.

The following limitations are enforced for this operation:

  • 256 attribute name-value pairs per item
  • 1 MB request size
  • 1 billion attributes per domain
  • 10 GB of total user data storage per domain
  • 25 item limit per BatchPutAttributes operation

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.batch_put_attributes(
    DomainName='string',
    Items=[
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'Attributes': [
                {
                    'Name': 'string',
                    'Value': 'string',
                    'Replace': True|False
                },
            ]
        },
    ]
)
Parameters
  • DomainName (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the domain in which the attributes are being stored.
  • Items (list) --

    [REQUIRED] A list of items on which to perform the operation.

    • (dict) --
      • Name (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the replaceable item.
      • Attributes (list) -- [REQUIRED] The list of attributes for a replaceable item.
        • (dict) --
          • Name (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the replaceable attribute.
          • Value (string) -- [REQUIRED] The value of the replaceable attribute.
          • Replace (boolean) -- A flag specifying whether or not to replace the attribute/value pair or to add a new attribute/value pair. The default setting is false .
Returns

None

Exceptions

  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.DuplicateItemName
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterValue
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.MissingParameter
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NoSuchDomain
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NumberItemAttributesExceeded
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NumberDomainAttributesExceeded
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NumberDomainBytesExceeded
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NumberSubmittedItemsExceeded
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NumberSubmittedAttributesExceeded
can_paginate(operation_name)

Check if an operation can be paginated.

Parameters
operation_name (string) -- The operation name. This is the same name as the method name on the client. For example, if the method name is create_foo, and you'd normally invoke the operation as client.create_foo(**kwargs), if the create_foo operation can be paginated, you can use the call client.get_paginator("create_foo").
Returns
True if the operation can be paginated, False otherwise.
close()

Closes underlying endpoint connections.

create_domain(**kwargs)

The CreateDomain operation creates a new domain. The domain name should be unique among the domains associated with the Access Key ID provided in the request. The CreateDomain operation may take 10 or more seconds to complete.

The client can create up to 100 domains per account.

If the client requires additional domains, go to http://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/simpledb-limit-request/ .

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.create_domain(
    DomainName='string'
)
Parameters
DomainName (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the domain to create. The name can range between 3 and 255 characters and can contain the following characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, '_', '-', and '.'.
Returns
None

Exceptions

  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterValue
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.MissingParameter
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NumberDomainsExceeded
delete_attributes(**kwargs)

Deletes one or more attributes associated with an item. If all attributes of the item are deleted, the item is deleted.

DeleteAttributes is an idempotent operation; running it multiple times on the same item or attribute does not result in an error response.

Because Amazon SimpleDB makes multiple copies of item data and uses an eventual consistency update model, performing a GetAttributes or Select operation (read) immediately after a DeleteAttributes or PutAttributes operation (write) might not return updated item data.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.delete_attributes(
    DomainName='string',
    ItemName='string',
    Attributes=[
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'AlternateNameEncoding': 'string',
            'Value': 'string',
            'AlternateValueEncoding': 'string'
        },
    ],
    Expected={
        'Name': 'string',
        'Value': 'string',
        'Exists': True|False
    }
)
Parameters
  • DomainName (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the domain in which to perform the operation.
  • ItemName (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the item. Similar to rows on a spreadsheet, items represent individual objects that contain one or more value-attribute pairs.
  • Attributes (list) --

    A list of Attributes. Similar to columns on a spreadsheet, attributes represent categories of data that can be assigned to items.

    • (dict) --
      • Name (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the attribute.
      • AlternateNameEncoding (string) --
      • Value (string) -- [REQUIRED] The value of the attribute.
      • AlternateValueEncoding (string) --
  • Expected (dict) --

    The update condition which, if specified, determines whether the specified attributes will be deleted or not. The update condition must be satisfied in order for this request to be processed and the attributes to be deleted.

    • Name (string) --

      The name of the attribute involved in the condition.

    • Value (string) --

      The value of an attribute. This value can only be specified when the Exists parameter is equal to true .

    • Exists (boolean) --

      A value specifying whether or not the specified attribute must exist with the specified value in order for the update condition to be satisfied. Specify true if the attribute must exist for the update condition to be satisfied. Specify false if the attribute should not exist in order for the update condition to be satisfied.

Returns

None

Exceptions

  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterValue
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.MissingParameter
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NoSuchDomain
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.AttributeDoesNotExist
delete_domain(**kwargs)

The DeleteDomain operation deletes a domain. Any items (and their attributes) in the domain are deleted as well. The DeleteDomain operation might take 10 or more seconds to complete.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.delete_domain(
    DomainName='string'
)
Parameters
DomainName (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the domain to delete.
Returns
None

Exceptions

  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.MissingParameter
domain_metadata(**kwargs)

Returns information about the domain, including when the domain was created, the number of items and attributes in the domain, and the size of the attribute names and values.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.domain_metadata(
    DomainName='string'
)
Parameters
DomainName (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the domain for which to display the metadata of.
Return type
dict
Returns
Response Syntax
{
    'ItemCount': 123,
    'ItemNamesSizeBytes': 123,
    'AttributeNameCount': 123,
    'AttributeNamesSizeBytes': 123,
    'AttributeValueCount': 123,
    'AttributeValuesSizeBytes': 123,
    'Timestamp': 123
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --
    • ItemCount (integer) -- The number of all items in the domain.
    • ItemNamesSizeBytes (integer) -- The total size of all item names in the domain, in bytes.
    • AttributeNameCount (integer) -- The number of unique attribute names in the domain.
    • AttributeNamesSizeBytes (integer) -- The total size of all unique attribute names in the domain, in bytes.
    • AttributeValueCount (integer) -- The number of all attribute name/value pairs in the domain.
    • AttributeValuesSizeBytes (integer) -- The total size of all attribute values in the domain, in bytes.
    • Timestamp (integer) -- The data and time when metadata was calculated, in Epoch (UNIX) seconds.

Exceptions

  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.MissingParameter
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NoSuchDomain
get_attributes(**kwargs)

Returns all of the attributes associated with the specified item. Optionally, the attributes returned can be limited to one or more attributes by specifying an attribute name parameter.

If the item does not exist on the replica that was accessed for this operation, an empty set is returned. The system does not return an error as it cannot guarantee the item does not exist on other replicas.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.get_attributes(
    DomainName='string',
    ItemName='string',
    AttributeNames=[
        'string',
    ],
    ConsistentRead=True|False
)
Parameters
  • DomainName (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the domain in which to perform the operation.
  • ItemName (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the item.
  • AttributeNames (list) --

    The names of the attributes.

    • (string) --
  • ConsistentRead (boolean) -- Determines whether or not strong consistency should be enforced when data is read from SimpleDB. If true , any data previously written to SimpleDB will be returned. Otherwise, results will be consistent eventually, and the client may not see data that was written immediately before your read.
Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Attributes': [
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'AlternateNameEncoding': 'string',
            'Value': 'string',
            'AlternateValueEncoding': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --
    • Attributes (list) -- The list of attributes returned by the operation.
      • (dict) --
        • Name (string) -- The name of the attribute.
        • AlternateNameEncoding (string) --
        • Value (string) -- The value of the attribute.
        • AlternateValueEncoding (string) --

Exceptions

  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterValue
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.MissingParameter
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NoSuchDomain
get_paginator(operation_name)

Create a paginator for an operation.

Parameters
operation_name (string) -- The operation name. This is the same name as the method name on the client. For example, if the method name is create_foo, and you'd normally invoke the operation as client.create_foo(**kwargs), if the create_foo operation can be paginated, you can use the call client.get_paginator("create_foo").
Raises OperationNotPageableError
Raised if the operation is not pageable. You can use the client.can_paginate method to check if an operation is pageable.
Return type
L{botocore.paginate.Paginator}
Returns
A paginator object.
get_waiter(waiter_name)

Returns an object that can wait for some condition.

Parameters
waiter_name (str) -- The name of the waiter to get. See the waiters section of the service docs for a list of available waiters.
Returns
The specified waiter object.
Return type
botocore.waiter.Waiter
list_domains(**kwargs)

The ListDomains operation lists all domains associated with the Access Key ID. It returns domain names up to the limit set by MaxNumberOfDomains . A NextToken is returned if there are more than MaxNumberOfDomains domains. Calling ListDomains successive times with the NextToken provided by the operation returns up to MaxNumberOfDomains more domain names with each successive operation call.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.list_domains(
    MaxNumberOfDomains=123,
    NextToken='string'
)
Parameters
  • MaxNumberOfDomains (integer) -- The maximum number of domain names you want returned. The range is 1 to 100. The default setting is 100.
  • NextToken (string) -- A string informing Amazon SimpleDB where to start the next list of domain names.
Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'DomainNames': [
        'string',
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --
    • DomainNames (list) -- A list of domain names that match the expression.
      • (string) --
    • NextToken (string) -- An opaque token indicating that there are more domains than the specified MaxNumberOfDomains still available.

Exceptions

  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterValue
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidNextToken
put_attributes(**kwargs)

The PutAttributes operation creates or replaces attributes in an item. The client may specify new attributes using a combination of the Attribute.X.Name and Attribute.X.Value parameters. The client specifies the first attribute by the parameters Attribute.0.Name and Attribute.0.Value , the second attribute by the parameters Attribute.1.Name and Attribute.1.Value , and so on.

Attributes are uniquely identified in an item by their name/value combination. For example, a single item can have the attributes { "first_name", "first_value" } and { "first_name", second_value" } . However, it cannot have two attribute instances where both the Attribute.X.Name and Attribute.X.Value are the same.

Optionally, the requestor can supply the Replace parameter for each individual attribute. Setting this value to true causes the new attribute value to replace the existing attribute value(s). For example, if an item has the attributes { 'a', '1' } , { 'b', '2'} and { 'b', '3' } and the requestor calls PutAttributes using the attributes { 'b', '4' } with the Replace parameter set to true, the final attributes of the item are changed to { 'a', '1' } and { 'b', '4' } , which replaces the previous values of the 'b' attribute with the new value.

You cannot specify an empty string as an attribute name.

Because Amazon SimpleDB makes multiple copies of client data and uses an eventual consistency update model, an immediate GetAttributes or Select operation (read) immediately after a PutAttributes or DeleteAttributes operation (write) might not return the updated data.

The following limitations are enforced for this operation:

  • 256 total attribute name-value pairs per item
  • One billion attributes per domain
  • 10 GB of total user data storage per domain

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.put_attributes(
    DomainName='string',
    ItemName='string',
    Attributes=[
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'Value': 'string',
            'Replace': True|False
        },
    ],
    Expected={
        'Name': 'string',
        'Value': 'string',
        'Exists': True|False
    }
)
Parameters
  • DomainName (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the domain in which to perform the operation.
  • ItemName (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the item.
  • Attributes (list) --

    [REQUIRED] The list of attributes.

    • (dict) --
      • Name (string) -- [REQUIRED] The name of the replaceable attribute.
      • Value (string) -- [REQUIRED] The value of the replaceable attribute.
      • Replace (boolean) -- A flag specifying whether or not to replace the attribute/value pair or to add a new attribute/value pair. The default setting is false .
  • Expected (dict) --

    The update condition which, if specified, determines whether the specified attributes will be updated or not. The update condition must be satisfied in order for this request to be processed and the attributes to be updated.

    • Name (string) --

      The name of the attribute involved in the condition.

    • Value (string) --

      The value of an attribute. This value can only be specified when the Exists parameter is equal to true .

    • Exists (boolean) --

      A value specifying whether or not the specified attribute must exist with the specified value in order for the update condition to be satisfied. Specify true if the attribute must exist for the update condition to be satisfied. Specify false if the attribute should not exist in order for the update condition to be satisfied.

Returns

None

Exceptions

  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterValue
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.MissingParameter
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NoSuchDomain
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NumberDomainAttributesExceeded
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NumberDomainBytesExceeded
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NumberItemAttributesExceeded
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.AttributeDoesNotExist
select(**kwargs)

The Select operation returns a set of attributes for ItemNames that match the select expression. Select is similar to the standard SQL SELECT statement.

The total size of the response cannot exceed 1 MB in total size. Amazon SimpleDB automatically adjusts the number of items returned per page to enforce this limit. For example, if the client asks to retrieve 2500 items, but each individual item is 10 kB in size, the system returns 100 items and an appropriate NextToken so the client can access the next page of results.

For information on how to construct select expressions, see Using Select to Create Amazon SimpleDB Queries in the Developer Guide.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.select(
    SelectExpression='string',
    NextToken='string',
    ConsistentRead=True|False
)
Parameters
  • SelectExpression (string) -- [REQUIRED] The expression used to query the domain.
  • NextToken (string) -- A string informing Amazon SimpleDB where to start the next list of ItemNames .
  • ConsistentRead (boolean) -- Determines whether or not strong consistency should be enforced when data is read from SimpleDB. If true , any data previously written to SimpleDB will be returned. Otherwise, results will be consistent eventually, and the client may not see data that was written immediately before your read.
Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Items': [
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'AlternateNameEncoding': 'string',
            'Attributes': [
                {
                    'Name': 'string',
                    'AlternateNameEncoding': 'string',
                    'Value': 'string',
                    'AlternateValueEncoding': 'string'
                },
            ]
        },
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --
    • Items (list) -- A list of items that match the select expression.
      • (dict) --
        • Name (string) -- The name of the item.
        • AlternateNameEncoding (string) --
        • Attributes (list) -- A list of attributes.
          • (dict) --
            • Name (string) -- The name of the attribute.
            • AlternateNameEncoding (string) --
            • Value (string) -- The value of the attribute.
            • AlternateValueEncoding (string) --
    • NextToken (string) -- An opaque token indicating that more items than MaxNumberOfItems were matched, the response size exceeded 1 megabyte, or the execution time exceeded 5 seconds.

Exceptions

  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterValue
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidNextToken
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidNumberPredicates
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidNumberValueTests
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.InvalidQueryExpression
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.MissingParameter
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.NoSuchDomain
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.RequestTimeout
  • SimpleDB.Client.exceptions.TooManyRequestedAttributes

Paginators

The available paginators are:

class SimpleDB.Paginator.ListDomains
paginator = client.get_paginator('list_domains')
paginate(**kwargs)

Creates an iterator that will paginate through responses from SimpleDB.Client.list_domains().

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response_iterator = paginator.paginate(
    PaginationConfig={
        'MaxItems': 123,
        'PageSize': 123,
        'StartingToken': 'string'
    }
)
Parameters
PaginationConfig (dict) --

A dictionary that provides parameters to control pagination.

  • MaxItems (integer) --

    The total number of items to return. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified in max-items then a NextToken will be provided in the output that you can use to resume pagination.

  • PageSize (integer) --

    The size of each page.

  • StartingToken (string) --

    A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previous response.

Return type
dict
Returns
Response Syntax
{
    'DomainNames': [
        'string',
    ],

}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --
    • DomainNames (list) -- A list of domain names that match the expression.
      • (string) --
class SimpleDB.Paginator.Select
paginator = client.get_paginator('select')
paginate(**kwargs)

Creates an iterator that will paginate through responses from SimpleDB.Client.select().

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response_iterator = paginator.paginate(
    SelectExpression='string',
    ConsistentRead=True|False,
    PaginationConfig={
        'MaxItems': 123,
        'StartingToken': 'string'
    }
)
Parameters
  • SelectExpression (string) -- [REQUIRED] The expression used to query the domain.
  • ConsistentRead (boolean) -- Determines whether or not strong consistency should be enforced when data is read from SimpleDB. If true , any data previously written to SimpleDB will be returned. Otherwise, results will be consistent eventually, and the client may not see data that was written immediately before your read.
  • PaginationConfig (dict) --

    A dictionary that provides parameters to control pagination.

    • MaxItems (integer) --

      The total number of items to return. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified in max-items then a NextToken will be provided in the output that you can use to resume pagination.

    • StartingToken (string) --

      A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previous response.

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Items': [
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'AlternateNameEncoding': 'string',
            'Attributes': [
                {
                    'Name': 'string',
                    'AlternateNameEncoding': 'string',
                    'Value': 'string',
                    'AlternateValueEncoding': 'string'
                },
            ]
        },
    ],

}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --
    • Items (list) -- A list of items that match the select expression.
      • (dict) --
        • Name (string) -- The name of the item.
        • AlternateNameEncoding (string) --
        • Attributes (list) -- A list of attributes.
          • (dict) --
            • Name (string) -- The name of the attribute.
            • AlternateNameEncoding (string) --
            • Value (string) -- The value of the attribute.
            • AlternateValueEncoding (string) --