set value inside aws_dynamodb_table_item

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Description

AWS dynamodb items are JSON blobs. The AWS API supports setting not just the whole blob but the value at some path within the JSON tree. It would be nice if the terraform table_item resource supported such a path. Using it would express: "this branch of the JSON should have this value".

New or Affected Resource(s)

• aws_dynamodb_table_item

Potential Terraform Configuration

resource "aws_dynamodb_table_item" "sub_item" {
  table_name = "configs"
  hash_key   = "project_name"
  item = "${data.template_file.template.rendered}" # This is JSON as usual
  path = ["somekey", "anotherkey"]                         # This is new: It describes where inside the item the JSON should be placed.
}

References

• DynamoDB item creation using a aws_dynamodb_table_item resource #517 DynamoDB item creation using a aws_dynamodb_table_item resource #517
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/dynamodb/update-item.html

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