loopback-connector-dynamodb

DynamoDB connector for loopback-datasource-juggler. Because Dynamo doesn't get enough love.

DynamoDB connector

• Installation
• Creating a DynamoDB data source
  • Properties
• Using the DynamoDB connector
  • Local development with DynamoDB Local

Installation

In your application root directory, enter:

$ npm install loopback-connector-dynamodb --save

This will install the module from npm and add it as a depenency to the application's package.json file.

Creating a DynamoDB data source

Use the Datasource generator to add a DynamoDB data source to your application. The entry in the application's /server/datasources.json will look like this:

"mydb": {
  "name": "mydb",
  "connector": "dynamodb"
}

Edit datasources.json to add other properties to enable you to connect the data source to a DynamoDB database.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
connector	String	Connector name, either loopback-connector-dynamodb or dynamodb
region	String	AWS Region to connect to. May also be set to local to use an instance of DynamoDB Local.
debug	Boolean	If true, turn on verbose mode to debug requests and lifecycle.
credentials	String	Method to locate credentials for the AWS SDK for Javascript. Valid values are: env, shared, iamrole, file. Default value: shared.
credfile	String	If credentials method is file, specify the location of the JSON file to load.
profile	String	Name the profile to use if using the shared credentials method.
endpoint	Number	URL to use connecting to DynamoDB Local. Default is 8000. Example: http://localhost:8000/ Note: this property is ignored if region is not local.

For example:

Example datasources.json file

{
  "dynamo_dev": {
    "name": "dynamo_dev",
    "connector": "dynamodb",
    "region": "local",
    "credentials": "shared",
    "profile": "localdev",
    "port": 4567
  },
  "dynamo_qa": {
    "name": "dynamo_qa",
    "connector": "dynamodb",
    "region": "us-west-2",
    "credentials": "iamrole"
  }
}

⚠️ You can't specify aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key directly in your datasources.json file. This is intentional. Putting credentials like that into a file are A Very Bad Thing. Quit trying to do that.