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Python / Boto3: Float types are not supported. Use Decimal types instead

I'm using Python 3.7 to store data in a DynamoDB database and encountering the following error message when I try and write an item to the database:

Float types are not supported. Use Decimal types instead.

My code:

ddb_table = my_client.Table(table_name)

with ddb_table.batch_writer() as batch:
    for item in items:
        item_to_put: dict = json.loads(json.dumps(item), parse_float=Decimal)

        # Send record to database.
        batch.put_item(Item=item_to_put)

"items" is a list of Python dicts. If I print out the types of the "item_to_put" dict, they are all of type str.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Solution

  • Ran into the same issue and it turned out that Python was passing a string parameter as something else. The issue went away when I wrapped all of the items in str().