PynamoDB Examples

An directory of examples is available with the PynamoDB source on GitHub. The examples are configured to use http://localhost:8000 as the DynamoDB endpoint. For information on how to run DynamoDB locally, see : Use PynamoDB Locally.

Note

You should read the examples before executing them. They are configured to use http://localhost:8000 by default, so that you can run them without actually consuming DynamoDB resources on AWS, and therefore not costing you any money.

Install PynamoDB

Although you can install & run PynamoDB from GitHub, it’s best to use a released version from PyPI:

$ pip install pynamodb

Getting the examples

You can clone the PynamoDB repository to get the examples:

$ git clone https://github.com/pynamodb/PynamoDB.git

Running the examples

Go into the examples directory:

$ cd pynamodb/examples

Configuring the examples

Each example is configured to use http://localhost:8000 as the DynamoDB endpoint. You’ll need to edit an example and either remove the host setting (causing PynamoDB to use a default), or specify your own.

Running an example

Each example file can be executed as a script by a Python interpreter:

$ python model.py