# IAM policy to grant read-only permissions on items in a DynamoDB table
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The following permissions policy grants permissions for the `GetItem`, `BatchGetItem`, `Scan`, `Query`, and `ConditionCheckItem` DynamoDB actions only, and as a result, sets read-only access on the `Books` table.

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```
{
    "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "ReadOnlyAPIActionsOnBooks",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "dynamodb:GetItem",
                "dynamodb:BatchGetItem",
                "dynamodb:Scan",
                "dynamodb:Query",
                "dynamodb:ConditionCheckItem"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws-cn:dynamodb:us-west-2:123456789012:table/Books"
        }
    ]
}
```

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