dynamodb-local 1.1.4

DynamoDB local downloader

Getting Started

1. Install the library

% python3 -m pip install dynamodb_local

2. Usage

Non-async DynamoDB local download:

from dynamodb_local import download_dynamodb
...
dynamodb_local_jar_path = download_dynamodb()

Async DynamoDB local download:

from dynamodb_local import download_dynamodb_async
...
dynamodb_local_jar_path = await download_dynamodb_async()

Starting DynamoDB local endpoint:

from dynamodb_local import download_dynamodb_async
...
dynamodb_local_dir = ...

dynamodb_local_jar_path = await download_dynamodb_async(dynamodb_local_dir)

with start_dynamodb_local(parent_dir=dynamodb_local_dir, port=8000) as dynamodb:
     endpoint = dynamodb.endpoint

     # the endpoint is ready to be sent requests to, e.g. through boto3 SDK

Features

• Downloads DynamoDB local archive and unpacks it to a given parent directory.

• Prevents redundant downloading of DynamoDB local on every run by verifying the downloaded local version against its sha256 digest.

• No external dependencies.

Notes

• The library downloads and unpacks DynamoDB local.

• The library can start a DynamoDB local instance; however, it requires a JRE or JDK for that.

Credits

• DynamoDBLocal Deploying DynamoDB locally on your computer.