Deployable hello function behind api gateway

dynamoClient.js

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+const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
+
+// Set the region
+AWS.config.update({region: 'us-east-2'});
+
+// also set local endpoint while in development
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+  AWS.config.update({endpoint: "http://localhost:8000"});
+}
+
+const client = new AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient({});
+
+module.exports = client;