Delete and create dynamoDB table

Question

Using node.js i try to delete and create dynamoDB table again. I need to delete all records from table and put new, so i think is good solution to just delete and recreate whole table. I try with this code

dynamo.deleteTable({
        TableName: tableName
    }, function(err, data){
        if (err) {
            console.log(err);
        }
        else {
            dynamo.createTable({
                TableName: tableName,
                KeySchema: [{
                    AttributeName: "id",
                    KeyType: "HASH"
                }],
                AttributeDefinitions: [{
                    AttributeName: "id",
                    AttributeType: "S"
                }],
                ProvisionedThroughput: {
                    ReadCapacityUnits: 10,
                    WriteCapacityUnits: 10
                }
            }, function(err){
                if (err) {
                    console.log(err);
                }
                else {
                    // putNewData(data, callback);
                }
            })
        }
    });

And i get error ResourceInUseException: Table already exists:

Answer 1

You can use the SDK's tableNotExists waiter to ensure a table has been fully deleted before calling createTable.