title: How I can work with Amazon's Dynamodb Local in Node?
body: <p>Amazon offers a <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2013/09/12/amazon-dynamodb-local/" rel="noreferrer">local simulator for their Dynamodb product</a> but the <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Tools.html" rel="noreferrer">examples are only in PHP</a>.</p>
  
  <p>These examples mention passing the parameter "base_url" to specify that you're using a local Dynamodb, but that returns this error in Node:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{ [UnrecognizedClientException: The security token included in the request is invalid.]
    message: 'The security token included in the request is invalid.',
    code: 'UnrecognizedClientException',
    name: 'UnrecognizedClientException',
    statusCode: 400,
    retryable: false }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do I get Dynamodb_local working in Node?</p>