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DynamoDB - DescribeTable

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Returns information about the table, including the current status of the table, when it was created, the primary key schema, and any indexes on the table.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, AuthAws, Rest, JsonObject, StringBuilder;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
rest: HCkRest;
authAws: HCkAuthAws;
bTls: Boolean;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
json: HCkJsonObject;
sbRequestBody: HCkStringBuilder;
sbResponseBody: HCkStringBuilder;
respStatusCode: Integer;
jsonResponse: HCkJsonObject;
AttributeName: PWideChar;
AttributeType: PWideChar;
KeyType: PWideChar;
IndexArn: PWideChar;
IndexName: PWideChar;
IndexSizeBytes: Integer;
ItemCount: Integer;
ProjectionProjectionType: PWideChar;
j: Integer;
count_j: Integer;
TableTableArn: PWideChar;
TableCreationDateTime: PWideChar;
TableItemCount: Integer;
TableProvisionedThroughputNumberOfDecreasesToday: Integer;
TableProvisionedThroughputReadCapacityUnits: Integer;
TableProvisionedThroughputWriteCapacityUnits: Integer;
TableTableName: PWideChar;
TableTableSizeBytes: Integer;
TableTableStatus: PWideChar;
i: Integer;
count_i: Integer;

begin
success := False;

rest := CkRest_Create();

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl -X POST https://dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ \
//   -H "Accept-Encoding: identity" \
//   -H "Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0" \
//   -H "Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=<Headers>, Signature=<Signature>" \
//   -H "X-Amz-Date: <Date>" \
//   -H "X-Amz-Target: DynamoDB_20120810.DescribeTable" \
//   -d '{
//     "TableName":"Thread"
// }'

// Use the following online tool to generate REST code from a CURL command
// Convert a cURL Command to REST Source Code

authAws := CkAuthAws_Create();
CkAuthAws_putAccessKey(authAws,'AWS_ACCESS_KEY');
CkAuthAws_putSecretKey(authAws,'AWS_SECRET_KEY');
// Don't forget to change the region to your particular region. (Also make the same change in the call to Connect below.)
CkAuthAws_putRegion(authAws,'us-west-2');
CkAuthAws_putServiceName(authAws,'dynamodb');
// SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
CkRest_SetAuthAws(rest,authAws);

// URL: https://dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
bTls := True;
port := 443;
bAutoReconnect := True;
// Don't forget to change the region domain (us-west-2.amazonaws.com) to your particular region.
success := CkRest_Connect(rest,'dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('ConnectFailReason: ' + IntToStr(CkRest_getConnectFailReason(rest)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

// Note: The above code does not need to be repeatedly called for each REST request.
// The rest object can be setup once, and then many requests can be sent.  Chilkat will automatically
// reconnect within a FullRequest* method as needed.  It is only the very first connection that is explicitly
// made via the Connect method.

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
// Generate Code to Create JSON

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {
//   "TableName": "Thread"
// }

json := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'TableName','Thread');

CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Content-Type','application/x-amz-json-1.0');
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'X-Amz-Target','DynamoDB_20120810.DescribeTable');
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Accept-Encoding','identity');

sbRequestBody := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkJsonObject_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
sbResponseBody := CkStringBuilder_Create();
success := CkRest_FullRequestSb(rest,'POST','/',sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;
respStatusCode := CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
Memo1.Lines.Add('response status code = ' + IntToStr(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Status Code = ' + IntToStr(respStatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Header:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__responseHeader(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Body:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbResponseBody));
    Exit;
  end;

jsonResponse := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_LoadSb(jsonResponse,sbResponseBody);

CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(jsonResponse,False);
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__emit(jsonResponse));

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "Table": {
//     "TableArn": "arn:aws:dynamodb:us-west-2:123456789012:table/Thread",
//     "AttributeDefinitions": [
//       {
//         "AttributeName": "ForumName",
//         "AttributeType": "S"
//       },
//       {
//         "AttributeName": "LastPostDateTime",
//         "AttributeType": "S"
//       },
//       {
//         "AttributeName": "Subject",
//         "AttributeType": "S"
//       }
//     ],
//     "CreationDateTime": 1.363729002358E9,
//     "ItemCount": 0,
//     "KeySchema": [
//       {
//         "AttributeName": "ForumName",
//         "KeyType": "HASH"
//       },
//       {
//         "AttributeName": "Subject",
//         "KeyType": "RANGE"
//       }
//     ],
//     "LocalSecondaryIndexes": [
//       {
//         "IndexArn": "arn:aws:dynamodb:us-west-2:123456789012:table/Thread/index/LastPostIndex",
//         "IndexName": "LastPostIndex",
//         "IndexSizeBytes": 0,
//         "ItemCount": 0,
//         "KeySchema": [
//           {
//             "AttributeName": "ForumName",
//             "KeyType": "HASH"
//           },
//           {
//             "AttributeName": "LastPostDateTime",
//             "KeyType": "RANGE"
//           }
//         ],
//         "Projection": {
//           "ProjectionType": "KEYS_ONLY"
//         }
//       }
//     ],
//     "ProvisionedThroughput": {
//       "NumberOfDecreasesToday": 0,
//       "ReadCapacityUnits": 5,
//       "WriteCapacityUnits": 5
//     },
//     "TableName": "Thread",
//     "TableSizeBytes": 0,
//     "TableStatus": "ACTIVE"
//   }
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

TableTableArn := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.TableArn');
TableCreationDateTime := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.CreationDateTime');
TableItemCount := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,'Table.ItemCount');
TableProvisionedThroughputNumberOfDecreasesToday := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,'Table.ProvisionedThroughput.NumberOfDecreasesToday');
TableProvisionedThroughputReadCapacityUnits := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,'Table.ProvisionedThroughput.ReadCapacityUnits');
TableProvisionedThroughputWriteCapacityUnits := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,'Table.ProvisionedThroughput.WriteCapacityUnits');
TableTableName := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.TableName');
TableTableSizeBytes := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,'Table.TableSizeBytes');
TableTableStatus := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.TableStatus');
i := 0;
count_i := CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(jsonResponse,'Table.AttributeDefinitions');
while i < count_i do
  begin
    CkJsonObject_putI(jsonResponse,i);
    AttributeName := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.AttributeDefinitions[i].AttributeName');
    AttributeType := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.AttributeDefinitions[i].AttributeType');
    i := i + 1;
  end;

i := 0;
count_i := CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(jsonResponse,'Table.KeySchema');
while i < count_i do
  begin
    CkJsonObject_putI(jsonResponse,i);
    AttributeName := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.KeySchema[i].AttributeName');
    KeyType := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.KeySchema[i].KeyType');
    i := i + 1;
  end;

i := 0;
count_i := CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(jsonResponse,'Table.LocalSecondaryIndexes');
while i < count_i do
  begin
    CkJsonObject_putI(jsonResponse,i);
    IndexArn := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.LocalSecondaryIndexes[i].IndexArn');
    IndexName := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.LocalSecondaryIndexes[i].IndexName');
    IndexSizeBytes := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,'Table.LocalSecondaryIndexes[i].IndexSizeBytes');
    ItemCount := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,'Table.LocalSecondaryIndexes[i].ItemCount');
    ProjectionProjectionType := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.LocalSecondaryIndexes[i].Projection.ProjectionType');
    j := 0;
    count_j := CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(jsonResponse,'Table.LocalSecondaryIndexes[i].KeySchema');
    while j < count_j do
      begin
        CkJsonObject_putJ(jsonResponse,j);
        AttributeName := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.LocalSecondaryIndexes[i].KeySchema[j].AttributeName');
        KeyType := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'Table.LocalSecondaryIndexes[i].KeySchema[j].KeyType');
        j := j + 1;
      end;

    i := i + 1;
  end;

CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkAuthAws_Dispose(authAws);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonResponse);

end;