A Node.js wrapper of AWS DynamoDB Local
This is a thin wrapper of the AWS DynamoDB Local. You can start the DynamoDB Local within a Node.js program and easily specify where the database files should be.
Release notes can be found at http://aws.amazon.com/releasenotes/SDK/JavaScript
npm install local-dynamoFrom command line:
$ node bin/launch_local_dynamo.js --database_dir=/database/dir --port=4567or inside a Node.js application:
localDynamo = require('local-dynamo')
localDynamo.launch('/database/dir', 4567)If you want to run DynamoDB Local in memory, pass in null:
localDynamo = require('local-dynamo')
localDynamo.launch(null, 4567)launch allows for additional options
localDynamo = require('local-dynamo')
localDynamo.launch({
port: 4567,
sharedDb: true,
heap: '512m'
})| option | description | default |
|---|---|---|
| port | The port number that DynamoDB will use to communicate with your application | 8000 |
| detached | Prepare child to run independently of its parent process | false |
| stdio | Configure the pipes that are established between the parent and child process | 'ignore' |
| heap | Heap size | null |
| sharedDb | DynamoDB will use a single database file, instead of using separate files for each credential and region | null |
| dir | The directory where DynamoDB will write its database file | null (default to inMemory) |
Here is a list of the versions DynamoDB Local that local-dynamo uses.
0.0.1--dynamodb_local_2013-09-120.0.2--dynamodb_local_2014-01-080.0.3--dynamodb_local_2014-04-240.0.4--dynamodb_local_2014-10-070.0.5--dynamodb_local_2015-01-270.0.6--dynamodb_local_2015-04-270.2.0--dynamodb_local_2016-01-050.3.0--dynamodb_local_2016-05-170.5.0--dynamodb_local_2017-01-240.6.0--dynamodb_local_2020-01-16