dynamodb ServiceResource object has no attribute exceptions

Question

Hi Guys,

I have dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb'). But when attempting to except 

dynamodb.exceptions.ConditionalCheckFailedException, I get this below error.

AttributeError: 'dynamodb.ServiceResource' object has no attribute 'exceptions'.

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

You'll need to use boto3.client('dynamodb') to be able to access exceptions, it doesn't work with resources. You can use the below line in your code.

dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb')

It will help you.