Post JSON in DynamoDB via Lambda - json

Question

I have trouble storing a JSON file in my DynamoDB table with the help of my Lambda function and my API Gateway on AWS. I have the following piece of code which gets executed once I press a button on my HTML site:
$('#submit').on('click', function(){
var example = {"number":"121212"};
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: API_URL,
data: JSON.stringify(example),
contentType: "application/json",
success: function(data){
location.reload();
}
});
return false;
});
When pressed the website reloads, hence I assume function has successfully executed. However my problem is that the data does not arrive in the correct format in the lambda function and hence does not execute properly. When checking in CloudWatch it is shown as { number: '121212' } instead of {"number":"121212"}. Any idea how I can make sure that the value 'arrives' has a valid JSON format in my Lambda function?
Here's my Lambda function:
exports.handler = function index(e, ctx, callback) {
var params = {
Item: { number: e.number },
TableName: 'collectionOfNumbers'
};
docCLient.put(params, function(err, data) {
if (err) {
callback(err, null);
} else {
callback(null, data);
}
});
}

Answer 1

If I'm reading this right, e.number is the value of the JSON parameter 'number' that you are passing in, e.g. '121212'. I'm making the assumption from the usage that docClient is putItem under the hood.
I think your Item param should look like:
Item: {"number": {N: e.number}}
See AWS Docs for info regarding PutItem https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/APIReference/API_PutItem.html