**To retrieve multiple items from a table** The following ``batch-get-items`` example reads multiple items from the ``MusicCollection`` table using a batch of three ``GetItem`` requests, and requests the number of read capacity units consumed by the operation. The command returns only the ``AlbumTitle`` attribute. :: aws dynamodb batch-get-item \ --request-items file://request-items.json \ --return-consumed-capacity TOTAL Contents of ``request-items.json``:: { "MusicCollection": { "Keys": [ { "Artist": {"S": "No One You Know"}, "SongTitle": {"S": "Call Me Today"} }, { "Artist": {"S": "Acme Band"}, "SongTitle": {"S": "Happy Day"} }, { "Artist": {"S": "No One You Know"}, "SongTitle": {"S": "Scared of My Shadow"} } ], "ProjectionExpression":"AlbumTitle" } } Output:: { "Responses": { "MusicCollection": [ { "AlbumTitle": { "S": "Somewhat Famous" } }, { "AlbumTitle": { "S": "Blue Sky Blues" } }, { "AlbumTitle": { "S": "Louder Than Ever" } } ] }, "UnprocessedKeys": {}, "ConsumedCapacity": [ { "TableName": "MusicCollection", "CapacityUnits": 1.5 } ] } For more information, see `Batch Operations <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/WorkingWithItems.html#WorkingWithItems.BatchOperations>`__ in the *Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide*.