DynamoDB Empty

Empty a small Dynamo DB table without deleting it.

Why

When you're running tests with small amounts of data, it's much faster to wipe a Dynamo DB table than delete/recreate it.

Do not use with large amounts of data. It's much cheaper to delete/recreate the table, as this module will incur a read & write cost for every item in your table (under the hood it scans all items and then deletes one at a time).

Important

This is for use on small tables only, in testing environments. For large tables it is much more efficient to delete and re-create the entire table.

Use

Install globally

yarn global add dynamodb-empty

Or:

npm install -g dynamodb-empty

Run on a table

dynamodb-empty --table tableName

Checklist

CD Feature	Provided
✅	Typescript
✅	Linting (AirBnB + Prettier)
✅	Unit tests (Jest)
✅	Coverage check (ideally 100% with Jest)
✅	Github Continuous Deployment

Built by Skyhook

This module is contributed by the team at Skyhook.