fishcharlie/local-dynamo

dynamo-local

Local dynamodb instance that you can start and stop via node. For use in development with node programs that use dynamodb.

Installation

npm install -g dynamo-local

Usage

Command Line

dynamo-local start [--port=8000] [--dbPath=.] [--inMemory]

Options are passed directly to the dynamodb java program. Available options include:

• --port - defaults to 8000
• --dbPath - directory where dynamodb will write its database sqlite file. Defaults to current directory.
• --inMemory - run in memory. No data will be saved.

From Node.js Program

var dynamoLocal = require('dynamo-local');
var options = { port: 8000 };
dynamoLocal({port: 8000, dbPath: '.'}, function (err) { /* ... */ });

Options are passed as command line arguments to the local dynamodb Java program. See 'Command Line' section above for available options.

Dynamo is started as a child process and dies when the parent process dies.