The latest articles on DEV Community by Ben Ward (@benward2301). https://dev.to/benward2301 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3025275%2F44c85740-238c-44cc-8551-d288295a98cf.jpg https://dev.to/benward2301 en Ben Ward Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:10:23 +0000 https://dev.to/benward2301/dynq-a-free-analytic-query-and-data-processing-cli-tool-for-dynamodb-446g https://dev.to/benward2301/dynq-a-free-analytic-query-and-data-processing-cli-tool-for-dynamodb-446g <p><a href="https://github.com/benward2301/dynq" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/benward2301/dynq</a></p> <p>I wanted a tool that can execute parallelised queries of arbitrary complexity against a DynamoDB table, without the need for scripting or propagation. I could not find one so have written my own.</p> <p>I am sure many of you will have analytics solutions in place, but for those who do not, I think dynq is a useful stopgap. It's also handy for dumping tables or piping data to local tooling.</p> <p>It does require basic jq knowledge, however I think the syntax for simple filters is quite approachable. You can find examples of dynq queries here: <a href="https://github.com/benward2301/dynq?tab=readme-ov-file#examples" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/benward2301/dynq?tab=readme-ov-file#examples</a>.</p> <p>Anyway, I hope some of you find it useful. If you discover a bug, open an issue on GitHub and I'll take a look!</p> dynamodb jq aws database