Question: Can DynamoDB trigger AWS Step Functions?
Answered by Rafal Wilinski
Answer
Yes, DynamoDB can trigger AWS Step Functions. DynamoDB Streams can trigger AWS Lambda functions, and those Lambda functions can then start an execution of a Step Functions state machine. Additionally, the AWS Step Functions Data Science SDK allows you to use the StepFunctions class to start an execution of a state machine when a DynamoDB event occurs.
Other Common DynamoDB FAQ (with Answers)
- In DynamoDB, can I use UUID as the partition key?
- Does DynamoDB support nesting data?
- Can I add DynamoDB to my full-stack application?
- Is DynamoDB PaaS or SaaS?
- How do you enable cloudtrail for DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB table region specific?
- Does DynamoDB support read replicas?
- Is LSI automatically created on DynamoDB?
- Can DynamoDB store blob data?
- Why is DynamoDB bad?
- Is DynamoDB based on MongoDB?
- Is DynamoDB a backend database?
- Is DynamoDB a memory store?
- What is DynamoDB used for?
- Is DynamoDB certification worth it?
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