microservices - Verify dynamodb is healthy

Question

I would like to verify in my service /health check that I have a connection with my dynamodb. I am searching for something like select 1 in MySQL (its only ping the db and return 1) but for dynamodb.

I saw this post but searching for a nonexisting item is an expensive action.

Any ideas on how to only ping my db?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65860152/verify-dynamodb-is-healthy

Answer 1

I believe the select 1 equivalent in DDB is Scan with a Limit of 1 item. You can read more here.