The following code examples show how to create an item with TTL.
- SDK for Java 2.x
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package com.amazon.samplelib.ttl; import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.DynamoDbClient; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.AttributeValue; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.DynamoDbException; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.PutItemRequest; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.PutItemResponse; import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.ResourceNotFoundException; import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.ImmutableMap; import java.io.Serializable; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Optional; public class CreateTTL { public static void main(String[] args) { final String usage = """ Usage: <tableName> <primaryKey> <sortKey> <region> Where: tableName - The Amazon DynamoDB table being queried. primaryKey - The name of the primary key. Also known as the hash or partition key. sortKey - The name of the sort key. Also known as the range attribute. region (optional) - The AWS region that the Amazon DynamoDB table is located in. (Default: us-east-1) """; // Optional "region" parameter - if args list length is NOT 3 or 4, short-circuit exit. if (!(args.length == 3 || args.length == 4)) { System.out.println(usage); System.exit(1); } String tableName = args[0]; String primaryKey = args[1]; String sortKey = args[2]; Region region = Optional.ofNullable(args[3]).isEmpty() ? Region.US_EAST_1 : Region.of(args[3]); // Get current time in epoch second format final long createDate = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000; // Calculate expiration time 90 days from now in epoch second format final long expireDate = createDate + (90 * 24 * 60 * 60); final ImmutableMap<String, ? extends Serializable> itemMap = ImmutableMap.of("primaryKey", primaryKey, "sortKey", sortKey, "creationDate", createDate, "expireAt", expireDate); final PutItemRequest request = PutItemRequest.builder() .tableName(tableName) .item((Map<String, AttributeValue>) itemMap) .build(); try (DynamoDbClient ddb = DynamoDbClient.builder() .region(region) .build()) { final PutItemResponse response = ddb.putItem(request); System.out.println(tableName + " PutItem operation with TTL successful. Request id is " + response.responseMetadata().requestId()); } catch (ResourceNotFoundException e) { System.err.format("Error: The Amazon DynamoDB table \"%s\" can't be found.\n", tableName); System.exit(1); } catch (DynamoDbException e) { System.err.println(e.getMessage()); System.exit(1); } System.exit(0); } }
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For API details, see PutItem in AWS SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.
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For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using DynamoDB with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.