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  1. Amazon DynamoDB-compatible HTTP API
  2. All methods

All methods

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  • Working with tables
  • Working with items

The Managed Service for YDB HTTP API provides the following methods:

Working with tables

Method Description
CreateTable Creates a table.
DeleteTable Deletes a table.
DescribeTable Returns information about a table.
DescribeTimeToLive Returns information about the time-to-live (TTL) status in the specified table.
ListTables Returns a list of tables.
UpdateTimeToLive Enables or disables TTL for the specified table.

Working with items

Method Description
BatchGetItem Returns attributes of items from multiple tables.
BatchWriteItem Writes items to or deletes them from tables.
DeleteItem Deletes an item from a table.
GetItem Returns attributes of an item from a single table.
PutItem Replaces a table item with a new one.
Query Returns table items.
Scan Returns table items and attributes.
TransactGetItems Retrieves multiple items from tables.
TransactWriteItems Performs a synchronous write operation.
UpdateItem Updates table items.

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