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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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VBScript
Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

' 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

set authAws = CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthAws")
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.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.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "dynamodb"
' SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)

' URL: https://dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason)
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' 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"
' }

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

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

set sbRequestBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
outFile.WriteLine("response status code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Body:")
    outFile.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    WScript.Quit
End If

set jsonResponse = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

jsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0
outFile.WriteLine(jsonResponse.Emit())

' 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")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    strVal = jsonResponse.StringOf("Attributes.Tags.SS[i]")
    i = i + 1
Loop

outFile.Close