DynamoDB module

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Auto-generated documentation for DynamoDB type annotations stubs module mypy-boto3-dynamodb.

How to install

Generate locally (recommended)

You can generate type annotations for boto3 package locally with mypy_boto3_builder. Use uv for build isolation.

1. Run mypy-boto3-builder in your package root directory: uvx --with 'boto3==1.35.79' mypy_boto3_builder
2. Select boto3 (legacy boto3-stubs) AWS SDK.
3. Add DynamoDB service.
4. Use provided commands to install generated packages.

VSCode extension

Add AWS Boto3 extension to your VSCode and run AWS boto3: Quick Start command.

Click Modify and select boto3 common and DynamoDB.

From PyPI with pip

Install boto3-stubs for DynamoDB service.

# install with boto3 type annotations
python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs[dynamodb]'

# Lite version does not provide session.client/resource overloads
# it is more RAM-friendly, but requires explicit type annotations
python -m pip install 'boto3-stubs-lite[dynamodb]'

# standalone installation
python -m pip install mypy-boto3-dynamodb

From conda-forge

Add conda-forge to your channels with:

conda config --add channels conda-forge
conda config --set channel_priority strict

Once the conda-forge channel has been enabled, mypy-boto3-dynamodb can be installed with:

conda install mypy-boto3-dynamodb

List all available versions of mypy-boto3-dynamodb available on your platform with:

conda search mypy-boto3-dynamodb --channel conda-forge

How to uninstall

python -m pip uninstall -y mypy-boto3-dynamodb

Usage

Code samples can be found in Examples.

DynamoDBClient

Type annotations and code completion for boto3.client("dynamodb") as