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DynamoDB - DeleteItem

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Deletes a single item in a table by primary key. You can perform a conditional delete operation that deletes the item if it exists, or if it has an expected attribute value.

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Ruby
require 'chilkat'

success = false

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()

# 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.DeleteItem" \
#   -d '{
#     "TableName": "Thread",
#     "Key": {
#         "ForumName": {
#             "S": "Amazon DynamoDB"
#         },
#         "Subject": {
#             "S": "How do I update multiple items?"
#         }
#     },
#     "ConditionExpression": "attribute_not_exists(Replies)",
#     "ReturnValues": "ALL_OLD"
# }'

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

authAws = Chilkat::CkAuthAws.new()
authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY")
authAws.put_SecretKey("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.)
authAws.put_Region("us-west-2")
authAws.put_ServiceName("dynamodb")
# SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

# URL: https://dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
bTls = true
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = true
success = rest.Connect("dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success != true)
    print "ConnectFailReason: " + rest.get_ConnectFailReason().to_s() + "\n";
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    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",
#   "Key": {
#     "ForumName": {
#       "S": "Amazon DynamoDB"
#     },
#     "Subject": {
#       "S": "How do I update multiple items?"
#     }
#   },
#   "ConditionExpression": "attribute_not_exists(Replies)",
#   "ReturnValues": "ALL_OLD"
# }

json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
json.UpdateString("TableName","Thread")
json.UpdateString("Key.ForumName.S","Amazon DynamoDB")
json.UpdateString("Key.Subject.S","How do I update multiple items?")
json.UpdateString("ConditionExpression","attribute_not_exists(Replies)")
json.UpdateString("ReturnValues","ALL_OLD")

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.0")
rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","DynamoDB_20120810.DeleteItem")
rest.AddHeader("Accept-Encoding","identity")

sbRequestBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
sbResponseBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
if (success != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()
print "response status code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
if (respStatusCode >= 400)
    print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
    print "Response Header:" + "\n";
    print rest.responseHeader() + "\n";
    print "Response Body:" + "\n";
    print sbResponseBody.getAsString() + "\n";
    exit
end

jsonResponse = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false)
print jsonResponse.emit() + "\n";

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

# {
#   "Attributes": {
#     "LastPostedBy": {
#       "S": "fred@example.com"
#     },
#     "ForumName": {
#       "S": "Amazon DynamoDB"
#     },
#     "LastPostDateTime": {
#       "S": "201303201023"
#     },
#     "Tags": {
#       "SS": [
#         "Update",
#         "Multiple Items",
#         "HelpMe"
#       ]
#     },
#     "Subject": {
#       "S": "How do I update multiple items?"
#     },
#     "Message": {
#       "S": "I want to update multiple items in a single call. What's the best way to do that?"
#     }
#   }
# }

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

AttributesLastPostedByS = jsonResponse.stringOf("Attributes.LastPostedBy.S")
AttributesForumNameS = jsonResponse.stringOf("Attributes.ForumName.S")
AttributesLastPostDateTimeS = jsonResponse.stringOf("Attributes.LastPostDateTime.S")
AttributesSubjectS = jsonResponse.stringOf("Attributes.Subject.S")
AttributesMessageS = jsonResponse.stringOf("Attributes.Message.S")
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("Attributes.Tags.SS")
while i < count_i
    jsonResponse.put_I(i)
    strVal = jsonResponse.stringOf("Attributes.Tags.SS[i]")
    i = i + 1
end