Amazon DynamoDB

aid: amazon-dynamo-db
name: Amazon DynamoDB
description: >-
  Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL key-value and document database
  service from Amazon Web Services that delivers single-digit millisecond
  performance at any scale with built-in security, continuous backups,
  automated multi-region replication, in-memory caching, and data export
  capabilities. DynamoDB exposes a low-level HTTPS JSON API used by the AWS
  SDKs and CLI to perform table management, item CRUD, query, scan,
  transaction, and streams operations, all authenticated with AWS Signature
  Version 4 (SigV4).
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - NoSQL
  - Database
  - Key-Value Store
  - Document Database
  - Serverless
  - AWS
  - Managed Database
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-dynamo-db/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: amazon-dynamo-db:api
    name: Amazon DynamoDB API
    description: >-
      Low-level HTTPS JSON API for Amazon DynamoDB that supports table
      management, item-level CRUD, queries, scans, transactions, global
      tables, streams, and backup and restore operations. Requests are
      POSTed with the X-Amz-Target header naming the operation and are
      authenticated using AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4).
    humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
    baseURL: https://dynamodb.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - NoSQL
      - Database
      - Key-Value Store
      - Document Database
      - AWS
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
      - type: Developer Guide
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv.html
      - type: Endpoints
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/ddb.html

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/pricing/
  - type: Sign Up
    url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]