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)
- Does DynamoDB have read replicas?
- Can firehose write to DynamoDB?
- Does DynamoDB support atomic updates?
- Is DynamoDB PaaS or SaaS?
- What is the maximum number of partitions in DynamoDB?
- Does DynamoDB support load balancing?
- Why is DynamoDB better than MongoDB?
- Can we rename DynamoDB table?
- Can DynamoDB store documents?
- In DynamoDB, can I use UUID as the partition key?
- Will I be charged for DynamoDB is it is inactive?
- How to dump multiple DynamoDB tables?
- What are the key differences between DynamoDB and Elasticsearch?
- How to store Japanese characters in DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB OLTP or OLAP?
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