AWS DynamoDB Streams
Since Camel 2.17
Only consumer is supported
The DynamoDB Stream component supports receiving messages from Amazon DynamoDB Stream service.
Prerequisites
You must have a valid Amazon Web Services developer account, and be signed up to use Amazon DynamoDB Streams. More information are available at AWS DynamoDB
URI Format
aws-ddbstream://table-name[?options]
The stream needs to be created prior to it being used.
You can append query options to the URI in the following format,
?options=value&option2=value&…
URI Options
The AWS DynamoDB Streams component supports 14 options, which are listed below.
Name | Description | Default | Type |
---|---|---|---|
autoDiscoverClient (common) |
Setting the autoDiscoverClient mechanism, if true, the component will look for a client instance in the registry automatically otherwise it will skip that checking |
true |
boolean |
amazonDynamoDbStreamsClient (consumer) |
Amazon DynamoDB client to use for all requests for this endpoint |
AmazonDynamoDBStreams |
|
bridgeErrorHandler (consumer) |
Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored. |
false |
boolean |
configuration (consumer) |
The component configuration |
DdbStreamConfiguration |
|
iteratorType (consumer) |
Defines where in the DynaboDB stream to start getting records. Note that using TRIM_HORIZON can cause a significant delay before the stream has caught up to real-time. if {AT,AFTER}_SEQUENCE_NUMBER are used, then a sequenceNumberProvider MUST be supplied. There are 4 enums and the value can be one of: TRIM_HORIZON, LATEST, AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER, AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER |
LATEST |
ShardIteratorType |
maxResultsPerRequest (consumer) |
Maximum number of records that will be fetched in each poll |
int |
|
proxyHost (consumer) |
To define a proxy host when instantiating the DDBStreams client |
String |
|
proxyPort (consumer) |
To define a proxy port when instantiating the DDBStreams client |
Integer |
|
proxyProtocol (consumer) |
To define a proxy protocol when instantiating the DDBStreams client. There are 2 enums and the value can be one of: HTTP, HTTPS |
HTTPS |
Protocol |
region (consumer) |
The region in which DDBStreams client needs to work |
String |
|
sequenceNumberProvider (consumer) |
Provider for the sequence number when using one of the two ShardIteratorType.{AT,AFTER}_SEQUENCE_NUMBER iterator types. Can be a registry reference or a literal sequence number. |
SequenceNumberProvider |
|
basicPropertyBinding (advanced) |
Deprecated Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities |
false |
boolean |
accessKey (security) |
Amazon AWS Access Key |
String |
|
secretKey (security) |
Amazon AWS Secret Key |
String |
The AWS DynamoDB Streams endpoint is configured using URI syntax:
aws-ddbstream:tableName
with the following path and query parameters:
Path Parameters (1 parameters):
Name | Description | Default | Type |
---|---|---|---|
tableName |
Required Name of the dynamodb table |
String |
Query Parameters (32 parameters):
Name | Description | Default | Type |
---|---|---|---|
autoDiscoverClient (common) |
Setting the autoDiscoverClient mechanism, if true, the component will look for a client instance in the registry automatically otherwise it will skip that checking |
true |
boolean |
amazonDynamoDbStreamsClient (consumer) |
Amazon DynamoDB client to use for all requests for this endpoint |
AmazonDynamoDBStreams |
|
bridgeErrorHandler (consumer) |
Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored. |
false |
boolean |
iteratorType (consumer) |
Defines where in the DynaboDB stream to start getting records. Note that using TRIM_HORIZON can cause a significant delay before the stream has caught up to real-time. if {AT,AFTER}_SEQUENCE_NUMBER are used, then a sequenceNumberProvider MUST be supplied. There are 4 enums and the value can be one of: TRIM_HORIZON, LATEST, AT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER, AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER |
LATEST |
ShardIteratorType |
maxResultsPerRequest (consumer) |
Maximum number of records that will be fetched in each poll |
int |
|
proxyHost (consumer) |
To define a proxy host when instantiating the DDBStreams client |
String |
|
proxyPort (consumer) |
To define a proxy port when instantiating the DDBStreams client |
Integer |
|
proxyProtocol (consumer) |
To define a proxy protocol when instantiating the DDBStreams client. There are 2 enums and the value can be one of: HTTP, HTTPS |
HTTPS |
Protocol |
region (consumer) |
The region in which DDBStreams client needs to work |
String |
|
sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle (consumer) |
If the polling consumer did not poll any files, you can enable this option to send an empty message (no body) instead. |
false |
boolean |
sequenceNumberProvider (consumer) |
Provider for the sequence number when using one of the two ShardIteratorType.{AT,AFTER}_SEQUENCE_NUMBER iterator types. Can be a registry reference or a literal sequence number. |
SequenceNumberProvider |
|
exceptionHandler (consumer) |
To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored. |
ExceptionHandler |
|
exchangePattern (consumer) |
Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. There are 3 enums and the value can be one of: InOnly, InOut, InOptionalOut |
ExchangePattern |
|
pollStrategy (consumer) |
A pluggable org.apache.camel.PollingConsumerPollingStrategy allowing you to provide your custom implementation to control error handling usually occurred during the poll operation before an Exchange have been created and being routed in Camel. |
PollingConsumerPollStrategy |
|
basicPropertyBinding (advanced) |
Whether the endpoint should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities |
false |
boolean |
synchronous (advanced) |
Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported). |
false |
boolean |
backoffErrorThreshold (scheduler) |
The number of subsequent error polls (failed due some error) that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in. |
int |
|
backoffIdleThreshold (scheduler) |
The number of subsequent idle polls that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in. |
int |
|
backoffMultiplier (scheduler) |
To let the scheduled polling consumer backoff if there has been a number of subsequent idles/errors in a row. The multiplier is then the number of polls that will be skipped before the next actual attempt is happening again. When this option is in use then backoffIdleThreshold and/or backoffErrorThreshold must also be configured. |
int |
|
delay (scheduler) |
Milliseconds before the next poll. |
500 |
long |
greedy (scheduler) |
If greedy is enabled, then the ScheduledPollConsumer will run immediately again, if the previous run polled 1 or more messages. |
false |
boolean |
initialDelay (scheduler) |
Milliseconds before the first poll starts. |
1000 |
long |
repeatCount (scheduler) |
Specifies a maximum limit of number of fires. So if you set it to 1, the scheduler will only fire once. If you set it to 5, it will only fire five times. A value of zero or negative means fire forever. |
0 |
long |
runLoggingLevel (scheduler) |
The consumer logs a start/complete log line when it polls. This option allows you to configure the logging level for that. There are 6 enums and the value can be one of: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, OFF |
TRACE |
LoggingLevel |
scheduledExecutorService (scheduler) |
Allows for configuring a custom/shared thread pool to use for the consumer. By default each consumer has its own single threaded thread pool. |
ScheduledExecutorService |
|
scheduler (scheduler) |
To use a cron scheduler from either camel-spring or camel-quartz component. Use value spring or quartz for built in scheduler |
none |
Object |
schedulerProperties (scheduler) |
To configure additional properties when using a custom scheduler or any of the Quartz, Spring based scheduler. |
Map |
|
startScheduler (scheduler) |
Whether the scheduler should be auto started. |
true |
boolean |
timeUnit (scheduler) |
Time unit for initialDelay and delay options. There are 7 enums and the value can be one of: NANOSECONDS, MICROSECONDS, MILLISECONDS, SECONDS, MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS |
MILLISECONDS |
TimeUnit |
useFixedDelay (scheduler) |
Controls if fixed delay or fixed rate is used. See ScheduledExecutorService in JDK for details. |
true |
boolean |
accessKey (security) |
Amazon AWS Access Key |
String |
|
secretKey (security) |
Amazon AWS Secret Key |
String |
Required DynampDBStream component options
You have to provide the amazonDynamoDbStreamsClient in the Registry with proxies and relevant credentials configured.
Sequence Numbers
You can provide a literal string as the sequence number or provide a bean in the registry. An example of using the bean would be to save your current position in the change feed and restore it on Camel startup.
It is an error to provide a sequence number that is greater than the largest sequence number in the describe-streams result, as this will lead to the AWS call returning an HTTP 400.
Batch Consumer
This component implements the Batch Consumer.
This allows you for instance to know how many messages exists in this batch and for instance let the Aggregator aggregate this number of messages.
Usage
AmazonDynamoDBStreamsClient configuration
You will need to create an instance of AmazonDynamoDBStreamsClient and bind it to the registry
ClientConfiguration clientConfiguration = new ClientConfiguration();
clientConfiguration.setProxyHost("http://myProxyHost");
clientConfiguration.setProxyPort(8080);
Region region = Region.getRegion(Regions.fromName(region));
region.createClient(AmazonDynamoDBStreamsClient.class, null, clientConfiguration);
// the 'null' here is the AWSCredentialsProvider which defaults to an instance of DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain
registry.bind("kinesisClient", client);
Providing AWS Credentials
It is recommended that the credentials are obtained by using the DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain that is the default when creating a new ClientConfiguration instance, however, a different AWSCredentialsProvider can be specified when calling createClient(…).
Coping with Downtime
AWS DynamoDB Streams outage of less than 24 hours
The consumer will resume from the last seen sequence number (as implemented for CAMEL-9515), so you should receive a flood of events in quick succession, as long as the outage did not also include DynamoDB itself.
Automatic detection of AmazonDynamoDBStreams client in registry
The component is capable of detecting the presence of an AmazonDynamoDBStreams bean into the registry. If it’s the only instance of that type it will be used as client and you won’t have to define it as uri parameter. This may be really useful for smarter configuration of the endpoint.
Dependencies
Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml.
pom.xml
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
<artifactId>camel-aws</artifactId>
<version>${camel-version}</version>
</dependency>
where ${camel-version}
must be replaced by the actual version of Camel.
Spring Boot Auto-Configuration
When using aws-ddb with Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
<artifactId>camel-aws-ddb-starter</artifactId>
<version>x.x.x</version>
<!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
The component supports 33 options, which are listed below.
Name | Description | Default | Type |
---|---|---|---|
camel.component.aws-ddb.access-key |
Amazon AWS Access Key |
String |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.amazon-d-d-b-client |
To use the AmazonDynamoDB as the client. The option is a com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDB type. |
AmazonDynamoDB |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.auto-discover-client |
Setting the autoDiscoverClient mechanism, if true, the component will look for a client instance in the registry automatically otherwise it will skip that checking. |
true |
Boolean |
camel.component.aws-ddb.autowired-enabled |
Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc. |
true |
Boolean |
camel.component.aws-ddb.configuration |
The component configuration. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.aws.ddb.DdbConfiguration type. |
DdbConfiguration |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.consistent-read |
Determines whether or not strong consistency should be enforced when data is read. |
false |
Boolean |
camel.component.aws-ddb.enabled |
Whether to enable auto configuration of the aws-ddb component. This is enabled by default. |
Boolean |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.key-attribute-name |
Attribute name when creating table |
String |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.key-attribute-type |
Attribute type when creating table |
String |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.lazy-start-producer |
Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing. |
false |
Boolean |
camel.component.aws-ddb.operation |
What operation to perform |
DdbOperations |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.proxy-host |
To define a proxy host when instantiating the DDB client |
String |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.proxy-port |
To define a proxy port when instantiating the DDB client. When using this parameter, the configuration will expect the capitalized name of the region (for example AP_EAST_1) You’ll need to use the name Regions.EU_WEST_1.name() |
Integer |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.proxy-protocol |
To define a proxy protocol when instantiating the DDB client |
Protocol |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.read-capacity |
The provisioned throughput to reserve for reading resources from your table |
Long |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.region |
The region in which DDB client needs to work |
String |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.secret-key |
Amazon AWS Secret Key |
String |
|
camel.component.aws-ddb.write-capacity |
The provisioned throughput to reserved for writing resources to your table |
Long |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.access-key |
Amazon AWS Access Key |
String |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.amazon-dynamo-db-streams-client |
Amazon DynamoDB client to use for all requests for this endpoint. The option is a com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDBStreams type. |
AmazonDynamoDBStreams |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.auto-discover-client |
Setting the autoDiscoverClient mechanism, if true, the component will look for a client instance in the registry automatically otherwise it will skip that checking |
true |
Boolean |
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.autowired-enabled |
Whether autowiring is enabled. This is used for automatic autowiring options (the option must be marked as autowired) by looking up in the registry to find if there is a single instance of matching type, which then gets configured on the component. This can be used for automatic configuring JDBC data sources, JMS connection factories, AWS Clients, etc. |
true |
Boolean |
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.bridge-error-handler |
Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored. |
false |
Boolean |
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.configuration |
The component configuration. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.aws.ddbstream.DdbStreamConfiguration type. |
DdbStreamConfiguration |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.enabled |
Whether to enable auto configuration of the aws-ddbstream component. This is enabled by default. |
Boolean |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.iterator-type |
Defines where in the DynaboDB stream to start getting records. Note that using TRIM_HORIZON can cause a significant delay before the stream has caught up to real-time. if {AT,AFTER}_SEQUENCE_NUMBER are used, then a sequenceNumberProvider MUST be supplied. |
ShardIteratorType |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.max-results-per-request |
Maximum number of records that will be fetched in each poll |
Integer |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.proxy-host |
To define a proxy host when instantiating the DDBStreams client |
String |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.proxy-port |
To define a proxy port when instantiating the DDBStreams client |
Integer |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.proxy-protocol |
To define a proxy protocol when instantiating the DDBStreams client |
Protocol |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.region |
The region in which DDBStreams client needs to work |
String |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.secret-key |
Amazon AWS Secret Key |
String |
|
camel.component.aws-ddbstream.sequence-number-provider |
Provider for the sequence number when using one of the two ShardIteratorType.{AT,AFTER}_SEQUENCE_NUMBER iterator types. Can be a registry reference or a literal sequence number. The option is a org.apache.camel.component.aws.ddbstream.SequenceNumberProvider type. |
SequenceNumberProvider |