DDB Component
*Available as of Camel 2.10
The DynamoDB component supports storing and retrieving data from/to Amazon's DynamoDB service.
![]() | Prerequisites You must have a valid Amazon Web Services developer account, and be signed up to use Amazon DynamoDB. More information are available at Amazon DynamoDB. |
URI Format
You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?options=value&option2=value&...
URI Options
| Name |
Default Value |
Context |
Description |
| amazonDDBClient |
null |
Producer |
Reference to a com.amazonaws.services.dynamodb.AmazonDynamoDB in the Registry. |
| accessKey |
null |
Producer |
Amazon AWS Access Key |
| secretKey |
null |
Producer |
Amazon AWS Secret Key |
| amazonDdbEndpoint |
null |
Producer |
The region with which the AWS-DDB client wants to work with. |
| tableName |
null |
Producer |
The name of the table currently worked with. |
| readCapacity |
0 |
Producer |
The provisioned throughput to reserve for reading resources from your table |
| writeCapacity |
0 |
Producer |
The provisioned throughput to reserved for writing resources to your table |
| consistentRead |
false |
Producer |
Determines whether or not strong consistency should be enforced when data is read. |
| operation |
PutAttributes |
Producer |
Valid values are BatchGetItems, DeleteItem, DeleteTable, DescribeTable, GetItem, PutItem, Query, Scan, UpdateItem, UpdateTable. |
![]() | Required DDB component options You have to provide the amazonDDBClient in the Registry or your accessKey and secretKey to access the Amazon's DynamoDB. |
Usage
Message headers evaluated by the DDB producer
| Header |
Type |
Description |
| CamelAwsDdbBatchItems |
Map<String, KeysAndAttributes> |
A map of the table name and corresponding items to get by primary key. |
| CamelAwsDdbTableName |
String |
Table Name for this operation. |
| CamelAwsDdbKey |
Key |
The primary key that uniquely identifies each item in a table. |
| CamelAwsDdbReturnValues |
String |
Use this parameter if you want to get the attribute name-value pairs before or after they are modified(NONE, ALL_OLD, UPDATED_OLD, ALL_NEW, UPDATED_NEW). |
| CamelAwsDdbUpdateCondition |
Map<String, ExpectedAttributeValue> |
Designates an attribute for a conditional modification. |
| CamelAwsDdbAttributeNames |
Collection<String> |
If attribute names are not specified then all attributes will be returned. |
| CamelAwsDdbConsistentRead |
Boolean |
If set to true, then a consistent read is issued, otherwise eventually consistent is used. |
| CamelAwsDdbItem |
Map<String, AttributeValue> |
A map of the attributes for the item, and must include the primary key values that define the item. |
| CamelAwsDdbExactCount |
Boolean |
If set to true, Amazon DynamoDB returns a total number of items that match the query parameters, instead of a list of the matching items and their attributes. |
| CamelAwsDdbStartKey |
Key |
Primary key of the item from which to continue an earlier query. |
| CamelAwsDdbHashKeyValue |
AttributeValue |
Value of the hash component of the composite primary key. |
| CamelAwsDdbLimit |
Integer |
The maximum number of items to return. |
| CamelAwsDdbScanRangeKeyCondition |
Condition |
A container for the attribute values and comparison operators to use for the query. |
| CamelAwsDdbScanIndexForward |
Boolean |
Specifies forward or backward traversal of the index. |
| CamelAwsDdbScanFilter |
Map<String, Condition> |
Evaluates the scan results and returns only the desired values. |
| CamelAwsDdbUpdateValues |
Map<String, AttributeValueUpdate> |
Map of attribute name to the new value and action for the update. |
Message headers set during BatchGetItems operation
| Header |
Type |
Description |
| CamelAwsDdbBatchResponse |
Map<String,BatchResponse> |
Table names and the respective item attributes from the tables. |
| CamelAwsDdbUnprocessedKeys |
Map<String,KeysAndAttributes> |
Contains a map of tables and their respective keys that were not processed with the current response. |
Message headers set during DeleteItem operation
| Header |
Type |
Description |
| CamelAwsDdbAttributes |
Map<String, AttributeValue> |
The list of attributes returned by the operation. |
Message headers set during DeleteTable operation
| Header |
Type |
Description |
| CamelAwsDdbProvisionedThroughput |
{{ProvisionedThroughputDescription} |
The value of the ProvisionedThroughput property for this table |
| CamelAwsDdbCreationDate |
Date |
Creation DateTime of this table. |
| CamelAwsDdbTableItemCount |
Long |
Item count for this table. |
| CamelAwsDdbKeySchema |
{{KeySchema |
The KeySchema that identifies the primary key for this table. |
| CamelAwsDdbTableName |
String |
The table name. |
| CamelAwsDdbTableSize |
Long |
The table size in bytes. |
| CamelAwsDdbTableStatus |
String |
The status of the table: CREATING, UPDATING, DELETING, ACTIVE |
Message headers set during DescribeTable operation
| Header |
Type |
Description |
| CamelAwsDdbProvisionedThroughput |
{{ProvisionedThroughputDescription} |
The value of the ProvisionedThroughput property for this table |
| CamelAwsDdbCreationDate |
Date |
Creation DateTime of this table. |
| CamelAwsDdbTableItemCount |
Long |
Item count for this table. |
| CamelAwsDdbKeySchema |
{{KeySchema |
The KeySchema that identifies the primary key for this table. |
| CamelAwsDdbTableName |
String |
The table name. |
| CamelAwsDdbTableSize |
Long |
The table size in bytes. |
| CamelAwsDdbTableStatus |
String |
The status of the table: CREATING, UPDATING, DELETING, ACTIVE |
| CamelAwsDdbReadCapacity |
Long |
ReadCapacityUnits property of this table. |
| CamelAwsDdbWriteCapacity |
Long |
WriteCapacityUnits property of this table. |
Message headers set during GetItem operation
| Header |
Type |
Description |
| CamelAwsDdbAttributes |
Map<String, AttributeValue> |
The list of attributes returned by the operation. |
Message headers set during PutItem operation
| Header |
Type |
Description |
| CamelAwsDdbAttributes |
Map<String, AttributeValue> |
The list of attributes returned by the operation. |
Message headers set during Query operation
| Header |
Type |
Description |
| CamelAwsDdbItems |
List<java.util.Map<String,AttributeValue>> |
The list of attributes returned by the operation. |
| CamelAwsDdbLastEvaluatedKey |
Key |
Primary key of the item where the query operation stopped, inclusive of the previous result set. |
| CamelAwsDdbConsumedCapacity |
Double |
The number of Capacity Units of the provisioned throughput of the table consumed during the operation. |
| CamelAwsDdbCount |
Integer |
Number of items in the response. |
Message headers set during Scan operation
| Header |
Type |
Description |
| CamelAwsDdbItems |
List<java.util.Map<String,AttributeValue>> |
The list of attributes returned by the operation. |
| CamelAwsDdbLastEvaluatedKey |
Key |
Primary key of the item where the query operation stopped, inclusive of the previous result set. |
| CamelAwsDdbConsumedCapacity |
Double |
The number of Capacity Units of the provisioned throughput of the table consumed during the operation. |
| CamelAwsDdbCount |
Integer |
Number of items in the response. |
| CamelAwsDdbScannedCount |
Integer |
Number of items in the complete scan before any filters are applied. |
Message headers set during UpdateItem operation
| Header |
Type |
Description |
| CamelAwsDdbAttributes |
Map<String, AttributeValue> |
The list of attributes returned by the operation. |
Advanced AmazonDynamoDB configuration
If you need more control over the AmazonDynamoDBClient configuration you can create your own instance and refer to it from the URI:
from("direct:start")
.to("aws-ddb:);
The #amazonDDBClient refers to a AmazonDynamoDB in the Registry.
For example if your Camel Application is running behind a firewall:
AWSCredentials awsCredentials = new BasicAWSCredentials("myAccessKey", "mySecretKey");
ClientConfiguration clientConfiguration = new ClientConfiguration();
clientConfiguration.setProxyHost("http:);
clientConfiguration.setProxyPort(8080);
AmazonDynamoDB amazonDDBClient = new AmazonDynamoDBClient(awsCredentials, clientConfiguration);
Dependencies
Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
<artifactId>camel-aws</artifactId>
<version>${camel-version}</version>
</dependency>
where ${camel-version} must be replaced by the actual version of Camel (2.10 or higher).
See Also