Tables & Table Definition

Generate a DynamoDB table definition directly from your EntityManager config and create the table via the client.

Generate the definition

import { generateTableDefinition } from '@karmaniverous/entity-client-dynamodb';

const def = generateTableDefinition(client.entityManager);
// def includes:
// - AttributeDefinitions (global & index tokens)
// - GlobalSecondaryIndexes (with projections resolved)
// - KeySchema
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Create a table

await client.createTable({
  BillingMode: 'PAY_PER_REQUEST',
  ...def,
});
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Attribute typing helpers

If your transcodes include non-string types, you can control AttributeType mapping via the TranscodeAttributeTypeMap helpers.

import {
  defaultTranscodeAttributeTypeMap,
  type TranscodeAttributeTypeMap,
} from '@karmaniverous/entity-client-dynamodb';
// defaultTranscodeAttributeTypeMap maps numeric-like transcodes to 'N'
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Related

• CLI Plugin – Table lifecycle for YAML composition, validation, and create/delete/purge flows.