Dynamoose: Feature Request - Delete Table

[mogwai]

Would it be possible to create a Delete Table method so that an entire table can be deleted from the database?

const dynamoose = require('dynamoose')

...

let Model = dynamoose.model('Models', Model)
Model.deleteTable().then(err=>console.log(err))

[troyswanson]

IMO, this project should be advocating for the use of CloudFormation to manage the existence, absence, and high level properties (eg: throughput, hash keys, etc) of tables in DynamoDB.

I think we're getting to a point where this concept should be decided one way or another, since a similar discussion has emerged in #172 as well.

[brandongoode]

I completely understand the request; however, deleting a table is initially not supported. I don't want Dynamoose to be accused of deleting someone's table.

As for the CloudFormation, see #151.

[scooper91]

Deleting tables would be useful for us too - in our tests, we run a DynamoDB Local Docker container and create and drop tables to ensure no state remains between tests.

It's not as though this isn't a destructive library - you could delete all the data from within a table! IMO, the onus should be on the user to ensure permissions are set up correctly (e.g. the dynamodb:DeleteTable permission).

[danduh]

As workaround:

        let dynamoDB = dynamoose.ddb();
        dynamoDB.deleteTable({TableName: 'table-name-to-remove'}, (err, resp) => {
            if (err) {
                console.error(err);
            }
            console.log(resp);
        })

[abhinavdhasmana]

I needed to delete the table before running every test. I ran into issues where table was not deleted but the function returned. So I added tableNotExists event and then resolve the promise

const dynamoDB = dynamoose.ddb();

deleteTable: tableName => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    dynamoDB.deleteTable({ TableName: tableName }, (err, response) => {
      if (err) {
        if (err.code === 'ResourceNotFoundException') {
          return resolve('table does not exists, so nothing to delete');
        }
        return reject(err);
      }
      dynamoDB.waitFor('tableNotExists', { TableName: tableName }, (error) => {
        if (error) {
          console.log(error);
          return reject(error);
        }
        return resolve(response);
      });
      return null;
    });
  }),