Unable to insert item to DynamoDb from command Line

Question

I am unable to insert item to my dynamodb table

aws dynamodb put-item --table-name PhoneBook --item '{"PhoneNo":{"S","12345"},"Name":{"S","abc"}}' --return-consumed-capacity TOTAL
Error parsing parameter '--item': Expected: '=', received: ''' for input:
'{PhoneNo:{S,12345},Name:{S,abc}}'
^

Can someone help?
 

Answer 1

The problem that you are facing is because of the double quotes. You have to escape the double quotes with another double quote that will help.

aws dynamodb put-item --table-name PhoneBook --item "{""PhoneNo"":{""S"",""12345""},""Name"":{""S"",""abc""}}" --return-consumed-capacity TOTAL

You will get the output as follows:

{
    "ConsumedCapacity": {
        "TableName": "PhoneBook",
        "CapacityUnits": 1.0
    }
}

Comments

Thank you very much. Got it now.

Answer 2

Basically your command line here is unable to distinguish between double quotes and string so you require to escape the character just like you do for single slash (//). That will resolve the error. Try adding a port number for better interaction.