---
type: docs
title: "AWS DynamoDB binding spec"
linkTitle: "AWS DynamoDB"
description: "Detailed documentation on the AWS DynamoDB binding component"
---

## Setup Dapr component
See [Authenticating to AWS]({{< ref authenticating-aws.md >}}) for information about authentication-related attributes

```yaml
apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: <NAME>
  namespace: <NAMESPACE>
spec:
  type: bindings.aws.dynamodb
  version: v1
  metadata:
  - name: table
    value: items
  - name: region
    value: us-west-2
  - name: accessKey
    value: *****************
  - name: secretKey
    value: *****************
  - name: sessionToken
    value: *****************

```
- `table` is the DynamoDB table name.



{{% alert title="Warning" color="warning" %}}
The above example uses secrets as plain strings. It is recommended to use a secret store for the secrets as described [here]({{< ref component-secrets.md >}}).
{{% /alert %}}

## Output Binding Supported Operations

* create

## Related links
- [Bindings building block]({{< ref bindings >}})
- [How-To: Trigger application with input binding]({{< ref howto-triggers.md >}})
- [How-To: Use bindings to interface with external resources]({{< ref howto-bindings.md >}})
- [Bindings API reference]({{< ref bindings_api.md >}})
- [Authenticating to AWS]({{< ref authenticating-aws.md >}})