What is @aws-sdk/client-athena?
@aws-sdk/client-athena is a part of the AWS SDK for JavaScript, which allows developers to interact with Amazon Athena, a serverless interactive query service that makes it easy to analyze data in Amazon S3 using standard SQL.
What are @aws-sdk/client-athena's main functionalities?
StartQueryExecution
This feature allows you to start a new query execution in Amazon Athena. The code sample demonstrates how to initiate a query execution and log the Query Execution ID.
const { AthenaClient, StartQueryExecutionCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-athena');
const client = new AthenaClient({ region: 'us-west-2' });
const params = {
QueryString: 'SELECT * FROM sample_table;',
QueryExecutionContext: { Database: 'sample_database' },
ResultConfiguration: { OutputLocation: 's3://your-output-bucket/' }
};
const run = async () => {
try {
const data = await client.send(new StartQueryExecutionCommand(params));
console.log('Query Execution ID:', data.QueryExecutionId);
} catch (err) {
console.error(err);
}
};
run();
GetQueryExecution
This feature allows you to get the status of a query execution. The code sample demonstrates how to retrieve and log the status of a specific query execution.
const { AthenaClient, GetQueryExecutionCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-athena');
const client = new AthenaClient({ region: 'us-west-2' });
const params = { QueryExecutionId: 'your-query-execution-id' };
const run = async () => {
try {
const data = await client.send(new GetQueryExecutionCommand(params));
console.log('Query Execution Status:', data.QueryExecution.Status.State);
} catch (err) {
console.error(err);
}
};
run();
GetQueryResults
This feature allows you to retrieve the results of a query execution. The code sample demonstrates how to fetch and log the results of a specific query execution.
const { AthenaClient, GetQueryResultsCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-athena');
const client = new AthenaClient({ region: 'us-west-2' });
const params = { QueryExecutionId: 'your-query-execution-id' };
const run = async () => {
try {
const data = await client.send(new GetQueryResultsCommand(params));
console.log('Query Results:', data.ResultSet.Rows);
} catch (err) {
console.error(err);
}
};
run();
Other packages similar to @aws-sdk/client-athena
aws-sdk
The 'aws-sdk' package is the older version of the AWS SDK for JavaScript. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for interacting with various AWS services, including Amazon Athena. However, it is less modular and more monolithic compared to the newer '@aws-sdk/client-athena' package.
@aws-sdk/client-athena

Description
AWS SDK for JavaScript Athena Client for Node.js, Browser and React Native.
Amazon Athena is an interactive query service that lets you use standard SQL to
analyze data directly in Amazon S3. You can point Athena at your data in Amazon S3 and
run ad-hoc queries and get results in seconds. Athena is serverless, so there is no
infrastructure to set up or manage. You pay only for the queries you run. Athena scales
automatically—executing queries in parallel—so results are fast, even with large
datasets and complex queries. For more information, see What is Amazon
Athena in the Amazon Athena User Guide.
If you connect to Athena using the JDBC driver, use version 1.1.0 of the driver or
later with the Amazon Athena API. Earlier version drivers do not support the API. For
more information and to download the driver, see Accessing
Amazon Athena with JDBC.
For code samples using the AWS SDK for Java, see Examples and
Code Samples in the Amazon Athena User Guide.
Installing
To install the this package, simply type add or install @aws-sdk/client-athena
using your favorite package manager:
npm install @aws-sdk/client-athena
yarn add @aws-sdk/client-athena
pnpm add @aws-sdk/client-athena
Getting Started
Import
The AWS SDK is modulized by clients and commands.
To send a request, you only need to import the AthenaClient
and
the commands you need, for example BatchGetNamedQueryCommand
:
const { AthenaClient, BatchGetNamedQueryCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-athena");
import { AthenaClient, BatchGetNamedQueryCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-athena";
Usage
To send a request, you:
- Initiate client with configuration (e.g. credentials, region).
- Initiate command with input parameters.
- Call
send
operation on client with command object as input. - If you are using a custom http handler, you may call
destroy()
to close open connections.
const client = new AthenaClient({ region: "REGION" });
const params = {
};
const command = new BatchGetNamedQueryCommand(params);
Async/await
We recommend using await
operator to wait for the promise returned by send operation as follows:
try {
const data = await client.send(command);
} catch (error) {
} finally {
}
Async-await is clean, concise, intuitive, easy to debug and has better error handling
as compared to using Promise chains or callbacks.
Promises
You can also use Promise chaining
to execute send operation.
client.send(command).then(
(data) => {
},
(error) => {
}
);
Promises can also be called using .catch()
and .finally()
as follows:
client
.send(command)
.then((data) => {
})
.catch((error) => {
})
.finally(() => {
});
Callbacks
We do not recommend using callbacks because of callback hell,
but they are supported by the send operation.
client.send(command, (err, data) => {
});
v2 compatible style
The client can also send requests using v2 compatible style.
However, it results in a bigger bundle size and may be dropped in next major version. More details in the blog post
on modular packages in AWS SDK for JavaScript
import * as AWS from "@aws-sdk/client-athena";
const client = new AWS.Athena({ region: "REGION" });
try {
const data = await client.batchGetNamedQuery(params);
} catch (error) {
}
client
.batchGetNamedQuery(params)
.then((data) => {
})
.catch((error) => {
});
client.batchGetNamedQuery(params, (err, data) => {
});
Troubleshooting
When the service returns an exception, the error will include the exception information,
as well as response metadata (e.g. request id).
try {
const data = await client.send(command);
} catch (error) {
const { requestId, cfId, extendedRequestId } = error.$metadata;
console.log({ requestId, cfId, extendedRequestId });
}
Getting Help
Please use these community resources for getting help.
We use the GitHub issues for tracking bugs and feature requests, but have limited bandwidth to address them.
To test your universal JavaScript code in Node.js, browser and react-native environments,
visit our code samples repo.
Contributing
This client code is generated automatically. Any modifications will be overwritten the next time the @aws-sdk/client-athena
package is updated.
To contribute to client you can check our generate clients scripts.
License
This SDK is distributed under the
Apache License, Version 2.0,
see LICENSE for more information.