Amazon S3 Tables add schema definition support to the CreateTable API

Amazon S3 announces schema definition support for the CreateTable API to programmatically create tables with pre-defined columns. This enhancement simplifies table creation for data analytics applications, making it easier to get started and ingest data in S3 table buckets.

To use this feature, you can specify column names and their data types as new request headers in the CreateTable API to define a table's schema in an S3 table bucket. You can also define a table's schema when you create tables using the AWS CLI or the AWS SDK.

To create tables with a pre-defined schema, upgrade to the latest version of the AWS CLI and AWS SDKs. This support is available in all AWS Regions where S3 Tables is available. To learn more, visit the Amazon S3 Tables overview page and documentation.