DynamoDB / Paginator / Query
Query#
- class DynamoDB.Paginator.Query#
paginator = client.get_paginator('query')
- paginate(**kwargs)#
Creates an iterator that will paginate through responses from
DynamoDB.Client.query()
.See also: AWS API Documentation
Request Syntax
response_iterator = paginator.paginate( TableName='string', IndexName='string', Select='ALL_ATTRIBUTES'|'ALL_PROJECTED_ATTRIBUTES'|'SPECIFIC_ATTRIBUTES'|'COUNT', AttributesToGet=[ 'string', ], ConsistentRead=True|False, KeyConditions={ 'string': { 'AttributeValueList': [ { 'S': 'string', 'N': 'string', 'B': b'bytes', 'SS': [ 'string', ], 'NS': [ 'string', ], 'BS': [ b'bytes', ], 'M': { 'string': {'... recursive ...'} }, 'L': [ {'... recursive ...'}, ], 'NULL': True|False, 'BOOL': True|False }, ], 'ComparisonOperator': 'EQ'|'NE'|'IN'|'LE'|'LT'|'GE'|'GT'|'BETWEEN'|'NOT_NULL'|'NULL'|'CONTAINS'|'NOT_CONTAINS'|'BEGINS_WITH' } }, QueryFilter={ 'string': { 'AttributeValueList': [ { 'S': 'string', 'N': 'string', 'B': b'bytes', 'SS': [ 'string', ], 'NS': [ 'string', ], 'BS': [ b'bytes', ], 'M': { 'string': {'... recursive ...'} }, 'L': [ {'... recursive ...'}, ], 'NULL': True|False, 'BOOL': True|False }, ], 'ComparisonOperator': 'EQ'|'NE'|'IN'|'LE'|'LT'|'GE'|'GT'|'BETWEEN'|'NOT_NULL'|'NULL'|'CONTAINS'|'NOT_CONTAINS'|'BEGINS_WITH' } }, ConditionalOperator='AND'|'OR', ScanIndexForward=True|False, ReturnConsumedCapacity='INDEXES'|'TOTAL'|'NONE', ProjectionExpression='string', FilterExpression='string', KeyConditionExpression='string', ExpressionAttributeNames={ 'string': 'string' }, ExpressionAttributeValues={ 'string': { 'S': 'string', 'N': 'string', 'B': b'bytes', 'SS': [ 'string', ], 'NS': [ 'string', ], 'BS': [ b'bytes', ], 'M': { 'string': {'... recursive ...'} }, 'L': [ {'... recursive ...'}, ], 'NULL': True|False, 'BOOL': True|False } }, PaginationConfig={ 'MaxItems': 123, 'PageSize': 123, 'StartingToken': 'string' } )
- Parameters:
TableName (string) –
[REQUIRED]
The name of the table containing the requested items. You can also provide the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the table in this parameter.
IndexName (string) – The name of an index to query. This index can be any local secondary index or global secondary index on the table. Note that if you use the
IndexName
parameter, you must also provideTableName.
Select (string) –
The attributes to be returned in the result. You can retrieve all item attributes, specific item attributes, the count of matching items, or in the case of an index, some or all of the attributes projected into the index.
ALL_ATTRIBUTES
- Returns all of the item attributes from the specified table or index. If you query a local secondary index, then for each matching item in the index, DynamoDB fetches the entire item from the parent table. If the index is configured to project all item attributes, then all of the data can be obtained from the local secondary index, and no fetching is required.ALL_PROJECTED_ATTRIBUTES
- Allowed only when querying an index. Retrieves all attributes that have been projected into the index. If the index is configured to project all attributes, this return value is equivalent to specifyingALL_ATTRIBUTES
.COUNT
- Returns the number of matching items, rather than the matching items themselves. Note that this uses the same quantity of read capacity units as getting the items, and is subject to the same item size calculations.SPECIFIC_ATTRIBUTES
- Returns only the attributes listed inProjectionExpression
. This return value is equivalent to specifyingProjectionExpression
without specifying any value forSelect
. If you query or scan a local secondary index and request only attributes that are projected into that index, the operation will read only the index and not the table. If any of the requested attributes are not projected into the local secondary index, DynamoDB fetches each of these attributes from the parent table. This extra fetching incurs additional throughput cost and latency. If you query or scan a global secondary index, you can only request attributes that are projected into the index. Global secondary index queries cannot fetch attributes from the parent table.
If neither
Select
norProjectionExpression
are specified, DynamoDB defaults toALL_ATTRIBUTES
when accessing a table, andALL_PROJECTED_ATTRIBUTES
when accessing an index. You cannot use bothSelect
andProjectionExpression
together in a single request, unless the value forSelect
isSPECIFIC_ATTRIBUTES
. (This usage is equivalent to specifyingProjectionExpression
without any value forSelect
.)Note
If you use the
ProjectionExpression
parameter, then the value forSelect
can only beSPECIFIC_ATTRIBUTES
. Any other value forSelect
will return an error.AttributesToGet (list) –
This is a legacy parameter. Use
ProjectionExpression
instead. For more information, see AttributesToGet in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.(string) –
ConsistentRead (boolean) –
Determines the read consistency model: If set to
true
, then the operation uses strongly consistent reads; otherwise, the operation uses eventually consistent reads.Strongly consistent reads are not supported on global secondary indexes. If you query a global secondary index with
ConsistentRead
set totrue
, you will receive aValidationException
.KeyConditions (dict) –
This is a legacy parameter. Use
KeyConditionExpression
instead. For more information, see KeyConditions in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.(string) –
(dict) –
Represents the selection criteria for a
Query
orScan
operation:For a
Query
operation,Condition
is used for specifying theKeyConditions
to use when querying a table or an index. ForKeyConditions
, only the following comparison operators are supported:EQ | LE | LT | GE | GT | BEGINS_WITH | BETWEEN
Condition
is also used in aQueryFilter
, which evaluates the query results and returns only the desired values.For a
Scan
operation,Condition
is used in aScanFilter
, which evaluates the scan results and returns only the desired values.
AttributeValueList (list) –
One or more values to evaluate against the supplied attribute. The number of values in the list depends on the
ComparisonOperator
being used.For type Number, value comparisons are numeric.
String value comparisons for greater than, equals, or less than are based on ASCII character code values. For example,
a
is greater thanA
, anda
is greater thanB
. For a list of code values, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#ASCII_printable_characters.For Binary, DynamoDB treats each byte of the binary data as unsigned when it compares binary values.
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
S (string) –
An attribute of type String. For example:
"S": "Hello"
N (string) –
An attribute of type Number. For example:
"N": "123.45"
Numbers are sent across the network to DynamoDB as strings, to maximize compatibility across languages and libraries. However, DynamoDB treats them as number type attributes for mathematical operations.
B (bytes) –
An attribute of type Binary. For example:
"B": "dGhpcyB0ZXh0IGlzIGJhc2U2NC1lbmNvZGVk"
SS (list) –
An attribute of type String Set. For example:
"SS": ["Giraffe", "Hippo" ,"Zebra"]
(string) –
NS (list) –
An attribute of type Number Set. For example:
"NS": ["42.2", "-19", "7.5", "3.14"]
Numbers are sent across the network to DynamoDB as strings, to maximize compatibility across languages and libraries. However, DynamoDB treats them as number type attributes for mathematical operations.
(string) –
BS (list) –
An attribute of type Binary Set. For example:
"BS": ["U3Vubnk=", "UmFpbnk=", "U25vd3k="]
(bytes) –
M (dict) –
An attribute of type Map. For example:
"M": {"Name": {"S": "Joe"}, "Age": {"N": "35"}}
(string) –
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
L (list) –
An attribute of type List. For example:
"L": [ {"S": "Cookies"} , {"S": "Coffee"}, {"N": "3.14159"}]
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
NULL (boolean) –
An attribute of type Null. For example:
"NULL": true
BOOL (boolean) –
An attribute of type Boolean. For example:
"BOOL": true
ComparisonOperator (string) – [REQUIRED]
A comparator for evaluating attributes. For example, equals, greater than, less than, etc.
The following comparison operators are available:
EQ | NE | LE | LT | GE | GT | NOT_NULL | NULL | CONTAINS | NOT_CONTAINS | BEGINS_WITH | IN | BETWEEN
The following are descriptions of each comparison operator.
EQ
: Equal.EQ
is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, Binary, String Set, Number Set, or Binary Set. If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not equal{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.NE
: Not equal.NE
is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
of type String, Number, Binary, String Set, Number Set, or Binary Set. If an item contains anAttributeValue
of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not equal{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.LE
: Less than or equal.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not compare to{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.LT
: Less than.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not compare to{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.GE
: Greater than or equal.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not compare to{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.GT
: Greater than.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not compare to{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.NOT_NULL
: The attribute exists.NOT_NULL
is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.
Note
This operator tests for the existence of an attribute, not its data type. If the data type of attribute “
a
” is null, and you evaluate it usingNOT_NULL
, the result is a Booleantrue
. This result is because the attribute “a
” exists; its data type is not relevant to theNOT_NULL
comparison operator.NULL
: The attribute does not exist.NULL
is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.
Note
This operator tests for the nonexistence of an attribute, not its data type. If the data type of attribute “
a
” is null, and you evaluate it usingNULL
, the result is a Booleanfalse
. This is because the attribute “a
” exists; its data type is not relevant to theNULL
comparison operator.CONTAINS
: Checks for a subsequence, or value in a set.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If the target attribute of the comparison is of type String, then the operator checks for a substring match. If the target attribute of the comparison is of type Binary, then the operator looks for a subsequence of the target that matches the input. If the target attribute of the comparison is a set (”SS
”, “NS
”, or “BS
”), then the operator evaluates to true if it finds an exact match with any member of the set. CONTAINS is supported for lists: When evaluating “a CONTAINS b
”, “a
” can be a list; however, “b
” cannot be a set, a map, or a list.NOT_CONTAINS
: Checks for absence of a subsequence, or absence of a value in a set.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If the target attribute of the comparison is a String, then the operator checks for the absence of a substring match. If the target attribute of the comparison is Binary, then the operator checks for the absence of a subsequence of the target that matches the input. If the target attribute of the comparison is a set (”SS
”, “NS
”, or “BS
”), then the operator evaluates to true if it does not find an exact match with any member of the set. NOT_CONTAINS is supported for lists: When evaluating “a NOT CONTAINS b
”, “a
” can be a list; however, “b
” cannot be a set, a map, or a list.BEGINS_WITH
: Checks for a prefix.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
of type String or Binary (not a Number or a set type). The target attribute of the comparison must be of type String or Binary (not a Number or a set type).IN
: Checks for matching elements in a list.AttributeValueList
can contain one or moreAttributeValue
elements of type String, Number, or Binary. These attributes are compared against an existing attribute of an item. If any elements of the input are equal to the item attribute, the expression evaluates to true.BETWEEN
: Greater than or equal to the first value, and less than or equal to the second value.AttributeValueList
must contain twoAttributeValue
elements of the same type, either String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). A target attribute matches if the target value is greater than, or equal to, the first element and less than, or equal to, the second element. If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not compare to{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not compare to{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
For usage examples of
AttributeValueList
andComparisonOperator
, see Legacy Conditional Parameters in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
QueryFilter (dict) –
This is a legacy parameter. Use
FilterExpression
instead. For more information, see QueryFilter in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.(string) –
(dict) –
Represents the selection criteria for a
Query
orScan
operation:For a
Query
operation,Condition
is used for specifying theKeyConditions
to use when querying a table or an index. ForKeyConditions
, only the following comparison operators are supported:EQ | LE | LT | GE | GT | BEGINS_WITH | BETWEEN
Condition
is also used in aQueryFilter
, which evaluates the query results and returns only the desired values.For a
Scan
operation,Condition
is used in aScanFilter
, which evaluates the scan results and returns only the desired values.
AttributeValueList (list) –
One or more values to evaluate against the supplied attribute. The number of values in the list depends on the
ComparisonOperator
being used.For type Number, value comparisons are numeric.
String value comparisons for greater than, equals, or less than are based on ASCII character code values. For example,
a
is greater thanA
, anda
is greater thanB
. For a list of code values, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#ASCII_printable_characters.For Binary, DynamoDB treats each byte of the binary data as unsigned when it compares binary values.
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
S (string) –
An attribute of type String. For example:
"S": "Hello"
N (string) –
An attribute of type Number. For example:
"N": "123.45"
Numbers are sent across the network to DynamoDB as strings, to maximize compatibility across languages and libraries. However, DynamoDB treats them as number type attributes for mathematical operations.
B (bytes) –
An attribute of type Binary. For example:
"B": "dGhpcyB0ZXh0IGlzIGJhc2U2NC1lbmNvZGVk"
SS (list) –
An attribute of type String Set. For example:
"SS": ["Giraffe", "Hippo" ,"Zebra"]
(string) –
NS (list) –
An attribute of type Number Set. For example:
"NS": ["42.2", "-19", "7.5", "3.14"]
Numbers are sent across the network to DynamoDB as strings, to maximize compatibility across languages and libraries. However, DynamoDB treats them as number type attributes for mathematical operations.
(string) –
BS (list) –
An attribute of type Binary Set. For example:
"BS": ["U3Vubnk=", "UmFpbnk=", "U25vd3k="]
(bytes) –
M (dict) –
An attribute of type Map. For example:
"M": {"Name": {"S": "Joe"}, "Age": {"N": "35"}}
(string) –
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
L (list) –
An attribute of type List. For example:
"L": [ {"S": "Cookies"} , {"S": "Coffee"}, {"N": "3.14159"}]
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
NULL (boolean) –
An attribute of type Null. For example:
"NULL": true
BOOL (boolean) –
An attribute of type Boolean. For example:
"BOOL": true
ComparisonOperator (string) – [REQUIRED]
A comparator for evaluating attributes. For example, equals, greater than, less than, etc.
The following comparison operators are available:
EQ | NE | LE | LT | GE | GT | NOT_NULL | NULL | CONTAINS | NOT_CONTAINS | BEGINS_WITH | IN | BETWEEN
The following are descriptions of each comparison operator.
EQ
: Equal.EQ
is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, Binary, String Set, Number Set, or Binary Set. If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not equal{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.NE
: Not equal.NE
is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
of type String, Number, Binary, String Set, Number Set, or Binary Set. If an item contains anAttributeValue
of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not equal{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.LE
: Less than or equal.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not compare to{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.LT
: Less than.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not compare to{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.GE
: Greater than or equal.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not compare to{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.GT
: Greater than.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not equal{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not compare to{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
.NOT_NULL
: The attribute exists.NOT_NULL
is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.
Note
This operator tests for the existence of an attribute, not its data type. If the data type of attribute “
a
” is null, and you evaluate it usingNOT_NULL
, the result is a Booleantrue
. This result is because the attribute “a
” exists; its data type is not relevant to theNOT_NULL
comparison operator.NULL
: The attribute does not exist.NULL
is supported for all data types, including lists and maps.
Note
This operator tests for the nonexistence of an attribute, not its data type. If the data type of attribute “
a
” is null, and you evaluate it usingNULL
, the result is a Booleanfalse
. This is because the attribute “a
” exists; its data type is not relevant to theNULL
comparison operator.CONTAINS
: Checks for a subsequence, or value in a set.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If the target attribute of the comparison is of type String, then the operator checks for a substring match. If the target attribute of the comparison is of type Binary, then the operator looks for a subsequence of the target that matches the input. If the target attribute of the comparison is a set (”SS
”, “NS
”, or “BS
”), then the operator evaluates to true if it finds an exact match with any member of the set. CONTAINS is supported for lists: When evaluating “a CONTAINS b
”, “a
” can be a list; however, “b
” cannot be a set, a map, or a list.NOT_CONTAINS
: Checks for absence of a subsequence, or absence of a value in a set.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
element of type String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). If the target attribute of the comparison is a String, then the operator checks for the absence of a substring match. If the target attribute of the comparison is Binary, then the operator checks for the absence of a subsequence of the target that matches the input. If the target attribute of the comparison is a set (”SS
”, “NS
”, or “BS
”), then the operator evaluates to true if it does not find an exact match with any member of the set. NOT_CONTAINS is supported for lists: When evaluating “a NOT CONTAINS b
”, “a
” can be a list; however, “b
” cannot be a set, a map, or a list.BEGINS_WITH
: Checks for a prefix.AttributeValueList
can contain only oneAttributeValue
of type String or Binary (not a Number or a set type). The target attribute of the comparison must be of type String or Binary (not a Number or a set type).IN
: Checks for matching elements in a list.AttributeValueList
can contain one or moreAttributeValue
elements of type String, Number, or Binary. These attributes are compared against an existing attribute of an item. If any elements of the input are equal to the item attribute, the expression evaluates to true.BETWEEN
: Greater than or equal to the first value, and less than or equal to the second value.AttributeValueList
must contain twoAttributeValue
elements of the same type, either String, Number, or Binary (not a set type). A target attribute matches if the target value is greater than, or equal to, the first element and less than, or equal to, the second element. If an item contains anAttributeValue
element of a different type than the one provided in the request, the value does not match. For example,{"S":"6"}
does not compare to{"N":"6"}
. Also,{"N":"6"}
does not compare to{"NS":["6", "2", "1"]}
For usage examples of
AttributeValueList
andComparisonOperator
, see Legacy Conditional Parameters in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
ConditionalOperator (string) – This is a legacy parameter. Use
FilterExpression
instead. For more information, see ConditionalOperator in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.ScanIndexForward (boolean) –
Specifies the order for index traversal: If
true
(default), the traversal is performed in ascending order; iffalse
, the traversal is performed in descending order.Items with the same partition key value are stored in sorted order by sort key. If the sort key data type is Number, the results are stored in numeric order. For type String, the results are stored in order of UTF-8 bytes. For type Binary, DynamoDB treats each byte of the binary data as unsigned.
If
ScanIndexForward
istrue
, DynamoDB returns the results in the order in which they are stored (by sort key value). This is the default behavior. IfScanIndexForward
isfalse
, DynamoDB reads the results in reverse order by sort key value, and then returns the results to the client.ReturnConsumedCapacity (string) –
Determines the level of detail about either provisioned or on-demand throughput consumption that is returned in the response:
INDEXES
- The response includes the aggregateConsumedCapacity
for the operation, together withConsumedCapacity
for each table and secondary index that was accessed. Note that some operations, such asGetItem
andBatchGetItem
, do not access any indexes at all. In these cases, specifyingINDEXES
will only returnConsumedCapacity
information for table(s).TOTAL
- The response includes only the aggregateConsumedCapacity
for the operation.NONE
- NoConsumedCapacity
details are included in the response.
ProjectionExpression (string) –
A string that identifies one or more attributes to retrieve from the table. These attributes can include scalars, sets, or elements of a JSON document. The attributes in the expression must be separated by commas.
If no attribute names are specified, then all attributes will be returned. If any of the requested attributes are not found, they will not appear in the result.
For more information, see Accessing Item Attributes in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
FilterExpression (string) –
A string that contains conditions that DynamoDB applies after the
Query
operation, but before the data is returned to you. Items that do not satisfy theFilterExpression
criteria are not returned.A
FilterExpression
does not allow key attributes. You cannot define a filter expression based on a partition key or a sort key.Note
A
FilterExpression
is applied after the items have already been read; the process of filtering does not consume any additional read capacity units.For more information, see Filter Expressions in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
KeyConditionExpression (string) –
The condition that specifies the key values for items to be retrieved by the
Query
action.The condition must perform an equality test on a single partition key value.
The condition can optionally perform one of several comparison tests on a single sort key value. This allows
Query
to retrieve one item with a given partition key value and sort key value, or several items that have the same partition key value but different sort key values.The partition key equality test is required, and must be specified in the following format:
partitionKeyName
=:partitionkeyval
If you also want to provide a condition for the sort key, it must be combined using
AND
with the condition for the sort key. Following is an example, using the = comparison operator for the sort key:partitionKeyName
=
:partitionkeyval
AND
sortKeyName
=
:sortkeyval
Valid comparisons for the sort key condition are as follows:
sortKeyName
=
:sortkeyval
- true if the sort key value is equal to:sortkeyval
.sortKeyName
<
:sortkeyval
- true if the sort key value is less than:sortkeyval
.sortKeyName
<=
:sortkeyval
- true if the sort key value is less than or equal to:sortkeyval
.sortKeyName
>
:sortkeyval
- true if the sort key value is greater than:sortkeyval
.sortKeyName
>=
:sortkeyval
- true if the sort key value is greater than or equal to:sortkeyval
.sortKeyName
BETWEEN
:sortkeyval1
AND
:sortkeyval2
- true if the sort key value is greater than or equal to:sortkeyval1
, and less than or equal to:sortkeyval2
.begins_with (
sortKeyName
,:sortkeyval
)
- true if the sort key value begins with a particular operand. (You cannot use this function with a sort key that is of type Number.) Note that the function namebegins_with
is case-sensitive.
Use the
ExpressionAttributeValues
parameter to replace tokens such as:partitionval
and:sortval
with actual values at runtime.You can optionally use the
ExpressionAttributeNames
parameter to replace the names of the partition key and sort key with placeholder tokens. This option might be necessary if an attribute name conflicts with a DynamoDB reserved word. For example, the followingKeyConditionExpression
parameter causes an error because Size is a reserved word:Size = :myval
To work around this, define a placeholder (such a
#S
) to represent the attribute name Size.KeyConditionExpression
then is as follows:#S = :myval
For a list of reserved words, see Reserved Words in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
For more information on
ExpressionAttributeNames
andExpressionAttributeValues
, see Using Placeholders for Attribute Names and Values in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.ExpressionAttributeNames (dict) –
One or more substitution tokens for attribute names in an expression. The following are some use cases for using
ExpressionAttributeNames
:To access an attribute whose name conflicts with a DynamoDB reserved word.
To create a placeholder for repeating occurrences of an attribute name in an expression.
To prevent special characters in an attribute name from being misinterpreted in an expression.
Use the # character in an expression to dereference an attribute name. For example, consider the following attribute name:
Percentile
The name of this attribute conflicts with a reserved word, so it cannot be used directly in an expression. (For the complete list of reserved words, see Reserved Words in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide). To work around this, you could specify the following for
ExpressionAttributeNames
:{"#P":"Percentile"}
You could then use this substitution in an expression, as in this example:
#P = :val
Note
Tokens that begin with the : character are expression attribute values, which are placeholders for the actual value at runtime.
For more information on expression attribute names, see Specifying Item Attributes in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
(string) –
(string) –
ExpressionAttributeValues (dict) –
One or more values that can be substituted in an expression.
Use the : (colon) character in an expression to dereference an attribute value. For example, suppose that you wanted to check whether the value of the ProductStatus attribute was one of the following:
Available | Backordered | Discontinued
You would first need to specify
ExpressionAttributeValues
as follows:{ ":avail":{"S":"Available"}, ":back":{"S":"Backordered"}, ":disc":{"S":"Discontinued"} }
You could then use these values in an expression, such as this:
ProductStatus IN (:avail, :back, :disc)
For more information on expression attribute values, see Specifying Conditions in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
(string) –
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
S (string) –
An attribute of type String. For example:
"S": "Hello"
N (string) –
An attribute of type Number. For example:
"N": "123.45"
Numbers are sent across the network to DynamoDB as strings, to maximize compatibility across languages and libraries. However, DynamoDB treats them as number type attributes for mathematical operations.
B (bytes) –
An attribute of type Binary. For example:
"B": "dGhpcyB0ZXh0IGlzIGJhc2U2NC1lbmNvZGVk"
SS (list) –
An attribute of type String Set. For example:
"SS": ["Giraffe", "Hippo" ,"Zebra"]
(string) –
NS (list) –
An attribute of type Number Set. For example:
"NS": ["42.2", "-19", "7.5", "3.14"]
Numbers are sent across the network to DynamoDB as strings, to maximize compatibility across languages and libraries. However, DynamoDB treats them as number type attributes for mathematical operations.
(string) –
BS (list) –
An attribute of type Binary Set. For example:
"BS": ["U3Vubnk=", "UmFpbnk=", "U25vd3k="]
(bytes) –
M (dict) –
An attribute of type Map. For example:
"M": {"Name": {"S": "Joe"}, "Age": {"N": "35"}}
(string) –
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
L (list) –
An attribute of type List. For example:
"L": [ {"S": "Cookies"} , {"S": "Coffee"}, {"N": "3.14159"}]
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
NULL (boolean) –
An attribute of type Null. For example:
"NULL": true
BOOL (boolean) –
An attribute of type Boolean. For example:
"BOOL": true
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
{ 'Items': [ { 'string': { 'S': 'string', 'N': 'string', 'B': b'bytes', 'SS': [ 'string', ], 'NS': [ 'string', ], 'BS': [ b'bytes', ], 'M': { 'string': {'... recursive ...'} }, 'L': [ {'... recursive ...'}, ], 'NULL': True|False, 'BOOL': True|False } }, ], 'Count': 123, 'ScannedCount': 123, 'ConsumedCapacity': { 'TableName': 'string', 'CapacityUnits': 123.0, 'ReadCapacityUnits': 123.0, 'WriteCapacityUnits': 123.0, 'Table': { 'ReadCapacityUnits': 123.0, 'WriteCapacityUnits': 123.0, 'CapacityUnits': 123.0 }, 'LocalSecondaryIndexes': { 'string': { 'ReadCapacityUnits': 123.0, 'WriteCapacityUnits': 123.0, 'CapacityUnits': 123.0 } }, 'GlobalSecondaryIndexes': { 'string': { 'ReadCapacityUnits': 123.0, 'WriteCapacityUnits': 123.0, 'CapacityUnits': 123.0 } } }, 'NextToken': 'string' }
Response Structure
(dict) –
Represents the output of a
Query
operation.Items (list) –
An array of item attributes that match the query criteria. Each element in this array consists of an attribute name and the value for that attribute.
(dict) –
(string) –
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
S (string) –
An attribute of type String. For example:
"S": "Hello"
N (string) –
An attribute of type Number. For example:
"N": "123.45"
Numbers are sent across the network to DynamoDB as strings, to maximize compatibility across languages and libraries. However, DynamoDB treats them as number type attributes for mathematical operations.
B (bytes) –
An attribute of type Binary. For example:
"B": "dGhpcyB0ZXh0IGlzIGJhc2U2NC1lbmNvZGVk"
SS (list) –
An attribute of type String Set. For example:
"SS": ["Giraffe", "Hippo" ,"Zebra"]
(string) –
NS (list) –
An attribute of type Number Set. For example:
"NS": ["42.2", "-19", "7.5", "3.14"]
Numbers are sent across the network to DynamoDB as strings, to maximize compatibility across languages and libraries. However, DynamoDB treats them as number type attributes for mathematical operations.
(string) –
BS (list) –
An attribute of type Binary Set. For example:
"BS": ["U3Vubnk=", "UmFpbnk=", "U25vd3k="]
(bytes) –
M (dict) –
An attribute of type Map. For example:
"M": {"Name": {"S": "Joe"}, "Age": {"N": "35"}}
(string) –
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
L (list) –
An attribute of type List. For example:
"L": [ {"S": "Cookies"} , {"S": "Coffee"}, {"N": "3.14159"}]
(dict) –
Represents the data for an attribute.
Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself.
For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
NULL (boolean) –
An attribute of type Null. For example:
"NULL": true
BOOL (boolean) –
An attribute of type Boolean. For example:
"BOOL": true
Count (integer) –
The number of items in the response.
If you used a
QueryFilter
in the request, thenCount
is the number of items returned after the filter was applied, andScannedCount
is the number of matching items before the filter was applied.If you did not use a filter in the request, then
Count
andScannedCount
are the same.ScannedCount (integer) –
The number of items evaluated, before any
QueryFilter
is applied. A highScannedCount
value with few, or no,Count
results indicates an inefficientQuery
operation. For more information, see Count and ScannedCount in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.If you did not use a filter in the request, then
ScannedCount
is the same asCount
.ConsumedCapacity (dict) –
The capacity units consumed by the
Query
operation. The data returned includes the total provisioned throughput consumed, along with statistics for the table and any indexes involved in the operation.ConsumedCapacity
is only returned if theReturnConsumedCapacity
parameter was specified. For more information, see Capacity unit consumption for read operations in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.TableName (string) –
The name of the table that was affected by the operation. If you had specified the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of a table in the input, you’ll see the table ARN in the response.
CapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of capacity units consumed by the operation.
ReadCapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of read capacity units consumed by the operation.
WriteCapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of write capacity units consumed by the operation.
Table (dict) –
The amount of throughput consumed on the table affected by the operation.
ReadCapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of read capacity units consumed on a table or an index.
WriteCapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of write capacity units consumed on a table or an index.
CapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of capacity units consumed on a table or an index.
LocalSecondaryIndexes (dict) –
The amount of throughput consumed on each local index affected by the operation.
(string) –
(dict) –
Represents the amount of provisioned throughput capacity consumed on a table or an index.
ReadCapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of read capacity units consumed on a table or an index.
WriteCapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of write capacity units consumed on a table or an index.
CapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of capacity units consumed on a table or an index.
GlobalSecondaryIndexes (dict) –
The amount of throughput consumed on each global index affected by the operation.
(string) –
(dict) –
Represents the amount of provisioned throughput capacity consumed on a table or an index.
ReadCapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of read capacity units consumed on a table or an index.
WriteCapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of write capacity units consumed on a table or an index.
CapacityUnits (float) –
The total number of capacity units consumed on a table or an index.
NextToken (string) –
A token to resume pagination.