How do I write an item to a DynamoDb with the AWS DynamoDB DocumentClient? - amazon-dynamodb

Question

I'm having trouble with the AWS DynamoDb JS SDK v2.4.9. I want to use the DocumentClient class as opposed to the lower level DynamoDb class, but can't get it working.
This works:
function testPutItem( callback ) {
var tableName = 'todos';
var params = {
TableName: tableName,
Item: {
user_id: { S : userId },
id: { N : msFromEpoch }, // ms from epoch
title: { S : makeRandomStringWithLength(16) },
completed: { BOOL: false }
}
};
var dynamodb = new AWS.DynamoDB();
dynamodb.putItem(params, function(err, data) {
if (err) console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
else {
console.log(data); // successful response
if (callback) callback(data);
}
});
}
This does not work and gives the error InvalidParameterType: Expected params.Item[attribute] to be a structure for each attribute--as if DocumentClient is expecting the same input as DynamoDb:
function testPutItem( callback ) {
var tableName = 'todos';
var params = {
TableName: tableName,
Item: {
user_id: userId,
id: msFromEpoch,
title: makeRandomStringWithLength(16),
completed: false
}
};
console.log(params);
var docClient = new AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient({region: 'us-east-1'});
docClient.put(params, function(err, data) {
if (err) console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
else {
console.log(data); // successful response
if (callback) callback(data);
}
});
}
Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

I used to have the same issue,
please try with a simple object first, cause it's due to some special characters in your attributes, see my example :
this generates the error
InvalidParameterType: Expected params.Item[attribute] to be a structure
var Item = {
domain: "knewtone.com",
categorie: "<some HTML Object stuff>",
title: "<some HTML stuff>",
html: "<some HTML stuff>""
};
but when i replace the HTML stuff with a formated Html, simple characters , it works
var Item = {
domain: "knewtone.com",
categorie: $(categorie).html(),
title: $(title).html(),
html: $(html).html()
};