def get_table_names()

in ddbtools/table.py [0:0]


    def get_table_names(self, start_table_name: str=None, table_names: list=None) -> list:
        """Get a complete list of DynamoDB tables in this region"""
        if table_names is None:
            table_names = []

        response = None

        if not start_table_name:
            response = self.dynamodb_client.list_tables()

        else:
            # if there are more than 100 table names returned, recurse to get a new page of table names
            response = self.dynamodb_client.list_tables(ExclusiveStartTableName=start_table_name)
        
        paginated_table_names = response['TableNames']
        table_names.extend(paginated_table_names)

        if 'LastEvaluatedTableName' in response:
            self.get_table_names(start_table_name=response['LastEvaluatedTableName'], table_names=table_names)

        return table_names