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GetItem
Last update:
May 18, 2026
Description
The GetItem function retrieves a set of attributes for an already inserted item with the specified primary key.
For more information, see GetItem.
Category
History
Adobe ColdFusion (2021 release): Added this function.
Syntax
serviceHandle.getItem(requestParameters)Parameters
See request parameters for GetItem.
Example
<cfscript>
cred = {
"credentialAlias" : "myalias",
"vendorName" : "AWS",
"region" : "us-east-2",
"secretAccessKey" : "xxxxx",
"accessKeyId" : "xxxx"
}
config = {
"serviceName" = "DYNAMODB"
}
dynamo = getCloudService(cred, config)
movieName="Movies009"
// Stage 1: create a table
tableStruct={
TableName : "#movieName#",
KeySchema:[
{ AttributeName: "year", KeyType: "HASH"}, //Partition key
{ AttributeName: "title", KeyType: "RANGE"} //Sort key
],
AttributeDefinitions:[
{ AttributeName: "year", AttributeType: "N" },
{ AttributeName: "title", AttributeType: "S" }
],
ProvisionedThroughput:{
ReadCapacityUnits: 10,
WriteCapacityUnits: 10
}
}
dynamo.createTable(tableStruct)
sleep(3000)
// Stage 2: insert an item into the table
putItemStruct={
"TableName":"#movieName#",
"Item":{
"year": {"N": 2019},
"title": {"S": "Golden"}
},
"ReturnValues": "NONE"
}
try{
putItemResponse=dynamo.putItem(putItemStruct,{"hasType": true})
writeOutput("Item inserted successfully in the table.")
writeDump(putItemResponse)
}
catch (any e){
writeDump(e)
}
// Stage 3: get the inserted item
getItemStruct={
"TableName":"#movieName#",
"Key":{
"year":2019,
"title":"Golden"
},
"ConsistentRead": true
}
try{
getItemResponse=dynamo.getItem(getItemStruct,{
"customResponse": true
})
writeOutput("Item successfully retrieved")
writeDump(getItemResponse)
}
catch(any e){
writeDump(e);
}
</cfscript>Output
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