DynamoDB: Get Random Item (Guide w/ Code Examples)

Provided by Rafal Wilinski
To retrieve a random item from a DynamoDB table using the JavaScript SDK, you can use the query
method and specify the ScanIndexForward
parameter as false
. This will return the items in random order. To retrieve only one item, you can also specify a Limit
parameter with a value of 1.
const AWS = require('aws-sdk'); const dynamoDb = new AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient(); const params = { TableName: 'myTable', Limit: 1, ScanIndexForward: false }; dynamoDb.query(params, function(err, data) { if (err) { console.log(err); } else { console.log(data.Items[0]); } });
Note that ScanIndexForward
parameter only works with query
method. In case you need to use scan
method, you need need to fetch all the items and select one randomly.
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