Amazon DynamoDB · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Amazon DynamoDB Tables API
6 actions
6 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/amazon-dynamodb-tables-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Amazon DynamoDB's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Amazon DynamoDB publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 6
$.info
$.paths['/'].post
$.paths['/#DescribeTable'].post
$.paths['/#ListTables'].post
$.paths['/#UpdateTable'].post
$.paths['/#DeleteTable'].post
OpenAPI Overlay
# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Amazon DynamoDB Tables API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/amazon-dynamodb-tables-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
generator: build-phrasing.py
label: Generated by API Evangelist
operations: 5
- target: $.paths['/'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create a new DynamoDB table
effect: write
questions:
- How do I create a new table in DynamoDB with a partition key and sort key?
- Can I add global or local secondary indexes when I first create a table?
- Which billing mode should I set when creating a table, on-demand or provisioned throughput?
instructions:
- text: Create a table named {table_name} with key schema {key_schema}.
slots:
table_name: requestBody.TableName
key_schema: requestBody.KeySchema
- text: Create table {table_name} using attribute definitions {attributes} and billing mode {billing_mode}.
slots:
table_name: requestBody.TableName
attributes: requestBody.AttributeDefinitions
billing_mode: requestBody.BillingMode
- text: Create a new table {table_name} tagged {tags}.
slots:
table_name: requestBody.TableName
tags: requestBody.Tags
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/#DescribeTable'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a table's status, key schema and indexes
effect: read
questions:
- Is my DynamoDB table still being created, or is it active yet?
- What primary key schema and indexes does an existing table have?
- When was a particular table created?
instructions:
- text: Describe the table {table_name}.
slots:
table_name: requestBody.TableName
- text: Show me the current status and indexes of table {table_name}.
slots:
table_name: requestBody.TableName
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/#ListTables'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List the tables in my account
effect: read
questions:
- What tables do I have in this account and Region?
- Can I page through my table names a few at a time?
instructions:
- text: List all my DynamoDB table names.
- text: List up to {limit} table names starting after {start_table}.
slots:
limit: requestBody.Limit
start_table: requestBody.ExclusiveStartTableName
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/#UpdateTable'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Change a table's throughput, billing or indexes
effect: write
questions:
- How do I raise the provisioned read and write capacity on an existing table?
- Can I add or remove a global secondary index on a table that already exists?
- Is it possible to switch an existing table to a different billing mode?
instructions:
- text: Change the provisioned throughput of table {table_name} to {throughput}.
slots:
table_name: requestBody.TableName
throughput: requestBody.ProvisionedThroughput
- text: Switch existing table {table_name} to billing mode {billing_mode}.
slots:
table_name: requestBody.TableName
billing_mode: requestBody.BillingMode
- text: Apply global secondary index changes {index_updates} to table {table_name}.
slots:
index_updates: requestBody.GlobalSecondaryIndexUpdates
table_name: requestBody.TableName
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/#DeleteTable'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a table and all its items
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I permanently drop a DynamoDB table along with its data?
- What state is a table in right after I ask for it to be deleted?
instructions:
- text: Delete the table {table_name} and everything in it.
slots:
table_name: requestBody.TableName
- text: Drop table {table_name}.
slots:
table_name: requestBody.TableName
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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