Step 4: Reading

In this step, we will read data we wrote to the database in Step 3

Fetching a single item

To fetch a single item, use the getItem method. Let's fetch the item with the key job#1:

JavaScript

  const document = await client.getItem({databaseId, key: 'job#1'});
  console.log(document);

Python

  document = await client.get_item(GetItemInput(database_id=databaseId, key="job#1"))
  print(document)

Listing all items

To list all items in the database, use the listItems method. By default, this method returns 1,000 items. You can paginate through the results by passing the nextToken returned in the response.

JavaScript

  const documents = await client.listItems({databaseId});
  console.log(`Found ${documents.items.length} documents`)
  console.log(documents);

Python

  documents = await client.list_items(ListItemsInput(database_id=databaseId))
  print(f"Found {len(documents.items)} documents")
  print(documents)