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June 6, 2018 14:32
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"Rename" an AWS Glue table by creating a new table
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| import boto3 | |
| database_name = "databse" | |
| table_name = "prefix-dir_name" | |
| new_table_name = "more_awesome_name" | |
| client = boto3.client("glue") | |
| response = client.get_table(DatabaseName=database_name, Name=table_name) | |
| table_input = response["Table"] | |
| table_input["Name"] = new_table_name | |
| # Delete keys that cause create_table to fail | |
| table_input.pop("CreatedBy") | |
| table_input.pop("CreateTime") | |
| table_input.pop("UpdateTime") | |
| create_response = client.create_table(DatabaseName=database_name, TableInput=table_input) |
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That gist listed above by @fjavieralba works really well!!!