def scan_table()

in DynamoDB-SDK-Examples/python/WorkingWithScans/scan_parallel.py [0:0]


def scan_table(segment, total_segments):

    # Print thread starting info
    print('Starting Segment ' + str(segment))

    try:
        # Initial scan
        response = dynamoDbClient.scan(
            TableName=table_name,
            Segment=segment,
            TotalSegments=total_segments
            )
   

        # Paginate for each thread, returning 1MB of data each iteration
        while 'LastEvaluatedKey' in response:
                response = dynamoDbClient.scan(
                    TableName=table_name,
                    Segment=segment,
                    TotalSegments=total_segments,
                    ExclusiveStartKey=response['LastEvaluatedKey']
                )

    except ClientError as error:
        print("Something went wrong: ")
        print(error.response['ResponseMetadata'])