Question: Can DynamoDB store images?
Answered by Rafal Wilinski
Answer
Theoretically, it is possible to store images in DynamoDB. However, DynamoDB has a maximum item size of 400KB per item. Hence, it is not recommended to store images in DynamoDB, but rather store a reference (url) to an uploaded image (through S3, Cloudinary).
Other Common DynamoDB FAQ (with Answers)
- What are the differences between DynamoDB and MySQL?
- Is DynamoDB serverless?
- Are DynamoDB table names supposed to be unique?
- Does DynamoDB support cross-region replication?
- Why is DynamoDB better than MongoDB?
- What is DynamoDB white paper, and what are the key takeaways?
- How to create an index in DynamoDB? (how to create an index in dynamodb)
- Is DynamoDB columnar database?
- Can DynamoDB have duplicates?
- Can you store XML in DynamoDB?
- When to use DynamoDB?
- In DynamoDB, can I use UUID as the partition key?
- What is DynamoDB used for?
- Is DynamoDB open source?
- Can DynamoDB trigger AWS Step Functions?
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