Error: an expression attribute name used in the document path is not defined
What's Causing This Error
This error occurs when you have used expression attribute names for the KeyConditionExpression
or FilterExpression
that are not defined in the ExpressionAttributeNames
parameter.
Solution - Here's How To Resolve It
To resolve the error, define all the expression attribute names you've specified for the document paths in the ExpressionAttributeNames
object.
This is shown below.
const doFunStuff = async () => { await documentClient.query({ TableName: 'test-table', KeyConditionExpression: '#id = :id', ProjectionExpression: '#name', // define all the expression attribute names used in the query ExpressionAttributeNames: { '#id': 'id', '#name': 'name' }, ExpressionAttributeValues: { ':id': '1' }, }).promise(); }; doFunStuff();
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