Error InvalidParameterType: Expected params.Item['pid'] to be a structure in DynamoDB

The putItem() method on the AWS.DynamoDB class is expecting the params.Item object to be formatted as a AttributeValue representation. That means you would have to change this:

params = {
  TableName: 'TABLE-NAME',
  Item: {
    pid: 'abc123'
  }
};

Into this:

params = {
  TableName: 'TABLE-NAME',
  Item: {
    pid: {
      S: 'abc123'
    }
  }
};

If you want to use native javascript objects you should use the AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient class, that automatically marshals Javascript types onto DynamoDB AttributeValues like this:

  • String -> S
  • Number -> N
  • Boolean -> BOOL
  • null -> NULL
  • Array -> L
  • Object -> M
  • Buffer, File, Blob, ArrayBuffer, DataView, and JavaScript typed arrays -> B

It provides a put() method, that delegates to AWS.DynamoDB.putItem().