dynamoDBInstance.js
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require("dotenv").config({ path: '../.env' });
const User = require("../Model/User");
const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
// Setting up configuration to programmatically access the AWS DynamoDB service
let configuration = {
accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
region: process.env.AWS_REGION
}
// Pass in configurations of IAM user to access the service programmatically in the correct region
const dynamoDBInstance = new AWS.DynamoDB(configuration);
// Create table using User model and insert into DynamoDB, export instance
module.exports = dynamoDBInstance;