dynalite_test.js

var AWS = require('aws-sdk')

var dynamo = new AWS.DynamoDB({endpoint: 'http://localhost:4567'})

var params = {
  AttributeDefinitions: [ // required
    {
      AttributeName: 'test_id', // required
      AttributeType: 'N' // required
    }, {
      AttributeName: 'date', // required
      AttributeType: 'N' // required
    }, {
      AttributeName: 'second_id', // required
      AttributeType: 'N' // required
    }, {
      AttributeName: 'date', // required
      AttributeType: 'S' // required
    }
  ],
  KeySchema: [{
    AttributeName: 'test_id', // required
    KeyType: 'HASH' // required
  }, {
    AttributeName: 'date', // required
    KeyType: 'RANGE' // required
  }],
  ProvisionedThroughput: { // required
    ReadCapacityUnits: 5, // required
    WriteCapacityUnits: 5 // required
  },
  TableName: 'history',
  GlobalSecondaryIndexes: [{
    IndexName: 'date-second_id-index',
    KeySchema: [ // required
      {
        AttributeName: 'date', // required
        KeyType: 'HASH' // required
      }, {
        AttributeName: 'second_id', // required
        KeyType: 'RANGE' // required
      }
      // ... more items ...
    ],
    Projection: { // required
      ProjectionType: 'ALL'
    },
    ProvisionedThroughput: { // required
      ReadCapacityUnits: 5, // required
      WriteCapacityUnits: 5 // required
    }
  }]
}

dynamo.createTable(params, console.log.bind(console))

/*
null { TableDescription:
   { AttributeDefinitions: [ [Object], [Object], [Object], [Object] ],
     TableName: 'history',
     KeySchema: [ [Object], [Object] ],
     TableStatus: 'CREATING',
     CreationDateTime: Fri Jan 15 2016 15:53:16 GMT-0500 (EST),
     ProvisionedThroughput:
      { NumberOfDecreasesToday: 0,
        ReadCapacityUnits: 5,
        WriteCapacityUnits: 5 },
     TableSizeBytes: 0,
     ItemCount: 0,
     TableArn: 'arn:aws:dynamodb:us-east-1:686281923970:table/history',
     GlobalSecondaryIndexes: [ [Object] ] } }
*/