How to get item count from DynamoDB?

Question

I want to know item count with DynamoDB querying.

I can querying for DynamoDB, but I only want to know \'total count of item\'.

For example, \'SELECT COUNT(*

Answer 1

len(response['Items'])

will give you the count of the filtered rows

where,

fe = Key('entity').eq('tesla')
response = table.scan(FilterExpression=fe)

Answer 2

Similar to Java in PHP only set Select PARAMETER with value 'COUNT'

$result = $aws->query(array(
 'TableName' => 'game_table',
 'IndexName' => 'week-point-index',
 'KeyConditions' => array(
    'week' => array(
        'ComparisonOperator' => 'EQ',
        'AttributeValueList' => array(
            array(Type::STRING => $week)
        )
    ),
    'point' => array(
        'ComparisonOperator' => 'GE',
        'AttributeValueList' => array(
            array(Type::NUMBER => $my_point)
        )
    )
 ),
 'Select' => 'COUNT'
));

and acces it just like this :

echo $result['Count'];

but as Saumitra mentioned above be careful with resultsets largers than 1 MB, in that case use LastEvaluatedKey til it returns null to get the last updated count value.

Answer 3

Replace the table name and use the below query to get the data on your local environment:

aws dynamodb scan --table-name <TABLE_NAME> --select "COUNT" --endpoint-url http://localhost:8000

Replace the table name and remove the endpoint url to get the data on production environment

aws dynamodb scan --table-name <TABLE_NAME> --select "COUNT"

Answer 4

Can be seen from UI as well. Go to overview tab on table, you will see item count. Hope it helps someone.

Answer 5

With the aws dynamodb cli you can get it via scan as follows:

aws dynamodb scan --table-name <TABLE_NAME> --select "COUNT"

The response will look similar to this:

{
    "Count": 123,
    "ScannedCount": 123,
    "ConsumedCapacity": null
}

notice that this information is in real time in contrast to the describe-table api

Answer 6

In Scala:

import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDBClientBuilder
import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.document.DynamoDB
val client = AmazonDynamoDBClientBuilder.standard().build()

val dynamoDB = new DynamoDB(client)
val tableDescription = dynamoDB.getTable("table name").describe().getItemCount()