New to DynamoDB. Is there a more convenient way to add/put items?

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Looking at this example in the AWS DynamoDB documentation, I see that PutItemRequest.Item is a Dictionary. I'm trying to insert a complex JSON object into DynamoDB that can have anywhere between 200 to 300 attributes within a hierarchy of nested objects and arrays.

Do I really have to convert that JSON object to a Dictionary before I can insert it into DynamoDB? If so, is there a way to do this that doesn't involve hardcoding and/or manually converting it one attribute at a time?

Apologies if this question is a little vague. I'm really just looking for pointers on how to proceed from here.

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The documentation includes an example of how to Insert JSON Format Data into a DynamoDB Table:

// using Amazon.DynamoDBv2;
// using Amazon.DynamoDBv2.DocumentModel;

var client = new AmazonDynamoDBClient();
var table = Table.LoadTable(client, "AnimalsInventory");
var jsonText = "{\"Id\":6,\"Type\":\"Bird\",\"Name\":\"Tweety\"}";
var item = Document.FromJson(jsonText);

table.PutItem(item);

More broadly, per the same documentation:

The AWS SDK for .NET supports JSON data when working with Amazon DynamoDB. This enables you to more easily get JSON-formatted data from, and insert JSON documents into, DynamoDB tables.

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