name : create-table.rst **Example 1: To create a table for a Kinesis data stream** The following ``create-table`` example creates a table in the AWS Glue Data Catalog that describes a Kinesis data stream. :: aws glue create-table \ --database-name tempdb \ --table-input '{"Name":"test-kinesis-input", "StorageDescriptor":{ \ "Columns":[ \ {"Name":"sensorid", "Type":"int"}, \ {"Name":"currenttemperature", "Type":"int"}, \ {"Name":"status", "Type":"string"} ], \ "Location":"my-testing-stream", \ "Parameters":{ \ "typeOfData":"kinesis","streamName":"my-testing-stream", \ "kinesisUrl":"https://kinesis.us-east-1.amazonaws.com" \ }, \ "SerdeInfo":{ \ "SerializationLibrary":"org.openx.data.jsonserde.JsonSerDe"} \ }, \ "Parameters":{ \ "classification":"json"} \ }' \ --profile my-profile \ --endpoint https://glue.us-east-1.amazonaws.com This command produces no output. For more information, see `Defining Tables in the AWS Glue Data Catalog <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/tables-described.html>`__ in the *AWS Glue Developer Guide*. **Example 2: To create a table for a Kafka data store** The following ``create-table`` example creates a table in the AWS Glue Data Catalog that describes a Kafka data store. :: aws glue create-table \ --database-name tempdb \ --table-input '{"Name":"test-kafka-input", "StorageDescriptor":{ \ "Columns":[ \ {"Name":"sensorid", "Type":"int"}, \ {"Name":"currenttemperature", "Type":"int"}, \ {"Name":"status", "Type":"string"} ], \ "Location":"glue-topic", \ "Parameters":{ \ "typeOfData":"kafka","topicName":"glue-topic", \ "connectionName":"my-kafka-connection" }, \ "SerdeInfo":{ \ "SerializationLibrary":"org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.OpenCSVSerde"} \ }, \ "Parameters":{ \ "separatorChar":","} \ }' \ --profile my-profile \ --endpoint https://glue.us-east-1.amazonaws.com This command produces no output. For more information, see `Defining Tables in the AWS Glue Data Catalog <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/tables-described.html>`__ in the *AWS Glue Developer Guide*. **Example 3: To create a table for a AWS S3 data store** The following ``create-table`` example creates a table in the AWS Glue Data Catalog that describes a AWS Simple Storage Service (AWS S3) data store. :: aws glue create-table \ --database-name tempdb \ --table-input '{"Name":"s3-output", "StorageDescriptor":{ \ "Columns":[ \ {"Name":"s1", "Type":"string"}, \ {"Name":"s2", "Type":"int"}, \ {"Name":"s3", "Type":"string"} ], \ "Location":"s3://bucket-path/", \ "SerdeInfo":{ \ "SerializationLibrary":"org.openx.data.jsonserde.JsonSerDe"} \ }, \ "Parameters":{ \ "classification":"json"} \ }' \ --profile my-profile \ --endpoint https://glue.us-east-1.amazonaws.com This command produces no output. For more information, see `Defining Tables in the AWS Glue Data Catalog <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/tables-described.html>`__ in the *AWS Glue Developer Guide*.