dynamoose-update-multiple-gsi.js

const dynamoose = require('dynamoose')
const AWS = require('aws-sdk')
const { v4: uuid } = require('uuid')

const credentials = new AWS.Credentials('akid', 'secret', 'session')
const ddb = new AWS.DynamoDB({
  credentials,
  region: 'us-east-1',
  endpoint: 'http://localhost:8000'
})

dynamoose.aws.ddb.set(ddb)

const schema = new dynamoose.Schema({
  hashKey: {
    type: String,
    hashKey: true
  },
  rangeKey: {
    type: String,
    rangeKey: true,
    index: {
      global: true,
      name: 'gsi1'
    }
  },
  gsiAttribute: {
    type: String,
    index: {
      global: true,
      name: 'gsi2'
    }
  },
  otherAttribute: String
})

const Model = dynamoose.model('MyTable', schema, {
  create: true,
  waitForActive: true
})

const main = async () => {
  const document = {
    hashKey: uuid(),
    rangeKey: uuid(),
    gsiAttribute: uuid(),
    otherAttribute: uuid()
  }

  // This doesn't work
  await Model.update({
    hashKey: document.hashKey,
    rangeKey: document.rangeKey,
    otherAttribute: document.otherAttribute
  })

  // This doesn't work
  await Model.update({
    hashKey: document.hashKey,
    rangeKey: document.rangeKey,
    gsiAttribute: document.gsiAttribute,
    otherAttribute: document.otherAttribute
  })

  // But this does work
  await Model.update({
    hashKey: document.hashKey,
    rangeKey: document.rangeKey
  }, {
    gsiAttribute: document.gsiAttribute,
    otherAttribute: document.otherAttribute
  })

  // And this works
  await Model.update({
    hashKey: document.hashKey,
    rangeKey: document.rangeKey
  }, {
    otherAttribute: document.otherAttribute
  })
}

main().catch(console.error)