Method: AWS::DynamoDB::Client#update_table

Defined in:

lib/aws/dynamo_db/client.rb

#update_table(options = {}) ⇒ Core::Response

Calls the UpdateTable API operation.

Parameters:

• options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

  • :table_name - required - (String) The name of the table you want to update. Allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _ (underscore), - (hyphen) and . (period).

  • :provisioned_throughput - required - (Hash)

    • :read_capacity_units - required - (Integer) ReadCapacityUnits are in terms of strictly consistent reads, assuming items of 1k. 2k items require twice the ReadCapacityUnits. Eventually-consistent reads only require half the ReadCapacityUnits of stirctly consistent reads.

    • :write_capacity_units - required - (Integer) WriteCapacityUnits are in terms of strictly consistent reads, assuming items of 1k. 2k items require twice the WriteCapacityUnits.

Returns:

• (Core::Response) —

  The #data method of the response object returns a hash with the following structure:

  • TableDescription - (Hash)

    • TableName - (String)

    • KeySchema - (Hash)

      • HashKeyElement - (Hash)

        • AttributeName - (String)

        • AttributeType - (String)

      • RangeKeyElement - (Hash)

        • AttributeName - (String)

        • AttributeType - (String)

    • TableStatus - (String)

    • CreationDateTime - (Time)

    • ProvisionedThroughput - (Hash)

      • LastIncreaseDateTime - (Time)

      • LastDecreaseDateTime - (Time)

      • ReadCapacityUnits - (Integer)

      • WriteCapacityUnits - (Integer)

    • TableSizeBytes - (Integer)

    • ItemCount - (Integer)

# File 'lib/aws/dynamo_db/client.rb', line 799