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StreamSpecification

Structure Class

StreamSpecification dataclass

Represents the DynamoDB Streams configuration for a table in DynamoDB.

Attributes

stream_enabled instance-attribute 
stream_enabled: bool

Indicates whether DynamoDB Streams is enabled (true) or disabled (false) on the table.

stream_view_type class-attribute instance-attribute 
stream_view_type: StreamViewType | None = None

When an item in the table is modified, StreamViewType determines what information is written to the stream for this table. Valid values for StreamViewType are:

  • KEYS_ONLY - Only the key attributes of the modified item are written to the stream.

  • NEW_IMAGE - The entire item, as it appears after it was modified, is written to the stream.

  • OLD_IMAGE - The entire item, as it appeared before it was modified, is written to the stream.

  • NEW_AND_OLD_IMAGES - Both the new and the old item images of the item are written to the stream.