Deploying a DynamoDB table using a JSON definition file

deploy-dynamodb-table.sh

# Passing the region name as a parameter
region=$1

tableName="JohnWickQuotes"

dir="${BASH_SOURCE%/*}"

tableDefinitionPath="$dir/table-definition.json"

# Trigger table creation
aws dynamodb create-table --cli-input-json "file://$tableDefinitionPath" --region $region

# Wait till the table is active
aws dynamodb wait table-exists --table-name "$tableName" --region $region

table-definition.json

{
  "TableName": "JohnWickQuotes",
  "AttributeDefinitions": [
    {
      "AttributeName": "author",
      "AttributeType": "S"
    }
  ],
  "KeySchema": [
    {
      "AttributeName": "author",
      "KeyType": "HASH"
    }
  ],
  "BillingMode": "PAY_PER_REQUEST"
}