Optional
AttributesOptional
ConditionalThis is a legacy parameter. Use FilterExpression
instead. For more
information, see ConditionalOperator in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer
Guide.
Optional
ConsistentDetermines 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 to true
, you
will receive a ValidationException
.
Optional
ExclusiveOptional
ExpressionOne 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
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.
Optional
ExpressionOptional
FilterA string that contains conditions that DynamoDB applies after the Query
operation, but before the data is returned to you. Items that do not satisfy the
FilterExpression
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.
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.
Optional
IndexThe 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 provide TableName.
Optional
KeyThe condition that specifies the key values for items to be retrieved by the
Query
action.
<p>The condition must perform an equality test on a single partition key value.</p>
<p>The condition can optionally perform one of several comparison tests on a single sort
key value. This allows <code>Query</code> 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.</p>
<p>The partition key equality test is required, and must be specified in the following
format:</p>
<p>
<code>partitionKeyName</code>
<i>=</i>
<code>:partitionkeyval</code>
</p>
<p>If you also want to provide a condition for the sort key, it must be combined using
<code>AND</code> with the condition for the sort key. Following is an example, using
the <b>=</b> comparison operator for the sort key:</p>
<p>
<code>partitionKeyName</code>
<code>=</code>
<code>:partitionkeyval</code>
<code>AND</code>
<code>sortKeyName</code>
<code>=</code>
<code>:sortkeyval</code>
</p>
<p>Valid comparisons for the sort key condition are as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<code>sortKeyName</code>
<code>=</code>
<code>:sortkeyval</code> - true if the sort key value is equal to
<code>:sortkeyval</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>sortKeyName</code>
<code><</code>
<code>:sortkeyval</code> - true if the sort key value is less than
<code>:sortkeyval</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>sortKeyName</code>
<code><=</code>
<code>:sortkeyval</code> - true if the sort key value is less than or equal to
<code>:sortkeyval</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>sortKeyName</code>
<code>></code>
<code>:sortkeyval</code> - true if the sort key value is greater than
<code>:sortkeyval</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>sortKeyName</code>
<code>>= </code>
<code>:sortkeyval</code> - true if the sort key value is greater than or equal
to <code>:sortkeyval</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>sortKeyName</code>
<code>BETWEEN</code>
<code>:sortkeyval1</code>
<code>AND</code>
<code>:sortkeyval2</code> - true if the sort key value is greater than or equal
to <code>:sortkeyval1</code>, and less than or equal to
<code>:sortkeyval2</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<code>begins_with (</code>
<code>sortKeyName</code>, <code>:sortkeyval</code>
<code>)</code> - 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 name <code>begins_with</code> is case-sensitive.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Use the <code>ExpressionAttributeValues</code> parameter to replace tokens such as
<code>:partitionval</code> and <code>:sortval</code> with actual values at
runtime.</p>
<p>You can optionally use the <code>ExpressionAttributeNames</code> 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 following <code>KeyConditionExpression</code> parameter causes an error because
<i>Size</i> is a reserved word:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<code>Size = :myval</code>
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>To work around this, define a placeholder (such a <code>#S</code>) to represent the
attribute name <i>Size</i>. <code>KeyConditionExpression</code> then is as
follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<code>#S = :myval</code>
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>For a list of reserved words, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/ReservedWords.html">Reserved Words</a>
in the <i>Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide</i>.</p>
<p>For more information on <code>ExpressionAttributeNames</code> and
<code>ExpressionAttributeValues</code>, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/ExpressionPlaceholders.html">Using
Placeholders for Attribute Names and Values</a> in the <i>Amazon DynamoDB
Developer Guide</i>.</p>
Optional
KeyOptional
LimitThe maximum number of items to evaluate (not necessarily the number of matching
items). If DynamoDB processes the number of items up to the limit while processing the
results, it stops the operation and returns the matching values up to that point, and a
key in LastEvaluatedKey
to apply in a subsequent operation, so that you can
pick up where you left off. Also, if the processed dataset size exceeds 1 MB before
DynamoDB reaches this limit, it stops the operation and returns the matching values up
to the limit, and a key in LastEvaluatedKey
to apply in a subsequent
operation to continue the operation. For more information, see Query and Scan in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer
Guide.
Optional
ProjectionA 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.
Optional
QueryOptional
ReturnDetermines the level of detail about either provisioned or on-demand throughput consumption that is returned in the response:
INDEXES
- The response includes the aggregate
ConsumedCapacity
for the operation, together with
ConsumedCapacity
for each table and secondary index that was
accessed.
Note that some operations, such as GetItem
and
BatchGetItem
, do not access any indexes at all. In these cases,
specifying INDEXES
will only return ConsumedCapacity
information for table(s).
TOTAL
- The response includes only the aggregate
ConsumedCapacity
for the operation.
NONE
- No ConsumedCapacity
details are included in the
response.
Optional
ScanSpecifies the order for index traversal: If true
(default), the traversal
is performed in ascending order; if false
, 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
is true
, DynamoDB returns the results in
the order in which they are stored (by sort key value). This is the default behavior. If
ScanIndexForward
is false
, DynamoDB reads the results in
reverse order by sort key value, and then returns the results to the client.
Optional
SelectThe 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
specifying ALL_ATTRIBUTES
.
COUNT
- Returns the number of matching items, rather than the
matching items themselves.
SPECIFIC_ATTRIBUTES
- Returns only the attributes listed in
ProjectionExpression
. This return value is equivalent to
specifying ProjectionExpression
without specifying any value for
Select
.
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
nor ProjectionExpression
are specified,
DynamoDB defaults to ALL_ATTRIBUTES
when accessing a table, and
ALL_PROJECTED_ATTRIBUTES
when accessing an index. You cannot use both
Select
and ProjectionExpression
together in a single
request, unless the value for Select
is SPECIFIC_ATTRIBUTES
.
(This usage is equivalent to specifying ProjectionExpression
without any
value for Select
.)
If you use the ProjectionExpression
parameter, then the value for
Select
can only be SPECIFIC_ATTRIBUTES
. Any other
value for Select
will return an error.
The name of the table containing the requested items.
Optional
filterAn object describing the comparisons to generate FilterExpression
, ExpressionAttributeNames
, and ExpressionAttributeValues
Generated using TypeDoc
This is a legacy parameter. Use
ProjectionExpression
instead. For more information, see AttributesToGet in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.