DeleteItem

Description

This function delete an item in a table via the primary key. You can perform a conditional delete operation that deletes the item if it exists, or if it matches the value of an attribute.

For more information, see DeleteItem.

Category

History

ColdFusion (2021 release): Added this function.

Syntax

serviceHandle.deleteItem(requestParameters)
serviceHandle.deleteItem(requestParameters)
serviceHandle.deleteItem(requestParameters)

Parameters

See request parameters of DeleteItem.

Example

<cfscript>
cred = {
"credentialAlias" : "myalias",
"vendorName" : "AWS",
"region" : "us-east-2",
"secretAccessKey" : "xxxxx",
"accessKeyId" : "xxxx"
}
config = {
"serviceName" = "DYNAMODB"
}
dynamo = getCloudService(cred, config)
tableName="YearlyProductCatalog"
// items to delete
id=550
title="My Books Title"
// delete the item in the table
deleteItemStruct={
"TableName":"#tableName#",
"Key":{
"id":{"N":"#id#"},
"title":{"S":"#title#"}
},
"ReturnValues": "ALL_OLD"
}
try{
deleteItemResponse=dynamo.deleteItem(deleteItemStruct,{"hasType": true})
writeOutput("Item deleted successfully")
writeDump(deleteItemResponse)
}
catch(any e){
writeDump(e)
}
</cfscript>
<cfscript> cred = { "credentialAlias" : "myalias", "vendorName" : "AWS", "region" : "us-east-2", "secretAccessKey" : "xxxxx", "accessKeyId" : "xxxx" } config = { "serviceName" = "DYNAMODB" } dynamo = getCloudService(cred, config) tableName="YearlyProductCatalog" // items to delete id=550 title="My Books Title" // delete the item in the table deleteItemStruct={ "TableName":"#tableName#", "Key":{ "id":{"N":"#id#"}, "title":{"S":"#title#"} }, "ReturnValues": "ALL_OLD" } try{ deleteItemResponse=dynamo.deleteItem(deleteItemStruct,{"hasType": true}) writeOutput("Item deleted successfully") writeDump(deleteItemResponse) } catch(any e){ writeDump(e) } </cfscript>
<cfscript> 
  cred = { 
    "credentialAlias" : "myalias", 
    "vendorName" : "AWS", 
    "region" : "us-east-2", 
    "secretAccessKey" : "xxxxx", 
    "accessKeyId" : "xxxx" 
  } 
  config = { 
    "serviceName" = "DYNAMODB" 
  } 
  dynamo = getCloudService(cred, config) 
  tableName="YearlyProductCatalog" 
  // items to delete 
  id=550 
  title="My Books Title" 
  // delete the item in the table 
  deleteItemStruct={ 
    "TableName":"#tableName#", 
    "Key":{ 
      "id":{"N":"#id#"}, 
      "title":{"S":"#title#"} 
    }, 
    "ReturnValues": "ALL_OLD" 
  } 
  try{ 
    deleteItemResponse=dynamo.deleteItem(deleteItemStruct,{"hasType": true}) 
    writeOutput("Item deleted successfully") 
    writeDump(deleteItemResponse) 
  } 
  catch(any e){ 
    writeDump(e) 
  } 
</cfscript> 

Output

DeleteItem output
DeleteItem output

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