Here's how you use this thing without using any macro help:

dinerl:setup("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "us-east-1b").

or (use a specific endpoint by specifying the zone, and obtain security tokens from the local instance metadata server):

dinerl:setup("us-east-1b").

or (obtain security tokens from the local instance metadata server, and use the zone returned from the instance metadata server to determine the endpoint):

dinerl:setup().

then:

dinerl:create_table(<<"TestTable">>, [{<<"HashKeyElement">>, [{<<"AttributeName">>, <<"Key">>}, {<<"AttributeType">>, <<"S">>}]}], 50, 50).
dinerl:list_tables().
dinerl:put_item(<<"TestTable">>, [{<<"Key">>, [{<<"S">>, <<"jello">>}]}], []).
dinerl:get_item(<<"TestTable">>, [{<<"HashKeyElement">>, [{<<"S">>, <<"jello">>}]}], []).

put(Key, Value, TTL, Now) ->
    dinerl:put_item(<<"Attributions">>, [{<<"UserKey">>, [{<<"S">>, Key}]},
                                         {<<"Updated">>, [{<<"N">>, list_to_binary(integer_to_list(Now))}]},
                                         {<<"TTL">>, [{<<"N">>, list_to_binary(integer_to_list(TTL))}]},
                                         {<<"Value">>, [{<<"S">>, Value}]}], []).

get(Key, Now, Default) ->
    case dinerl:get_item(<<"Attributions">>, [{<<"HashKeyElement">>, [{<<"S">>, Key}]}], [{attrs, [<<"TTL">>, <<"Updated">>, <<"Value">>, <<"Visited">>]}]) of
        {ok, Element} ->
            ParsedResult = parsejson(Element),
            return_if_not_expired(Key, ParsedResult, Now, Default);

        {error, Short, Long} ->
            io:format("~p", [Long]),
            Default
    end.

add(Key, Value, TTL, Now) ->
    dinerl:update_item(<<"Attributions">>,
                       [{<<"HashKeyElement">>, [{<<"S">>, Key}]}],
                       [{update, [{<<"Visited">>, [{value, [{<<"SS">>, [Value]}]},
                                                   {action, add}]},
                                  {<<"Updated">>, [{value, [{<<"N">>, list_to_binary(integer_to_list(Now))}]},
                                                   {action, put}]},
                                  {<<"TTL">>, [{value, [{<<"N">>, list_to_binary(integer_to_list(TTL))}]},
                                               {action, put}]}]}]).

parsejson([]) ->
    [];
parsejson({struct, L}) ->
    parsejson(L);
parsejson([{<<"Item">>, {struct, Fields}}|_Rest]) ->
    parsejsonfields(Fields, []);
parsejson([_H|T]) ->
    parsejson(T).

parsejsonfields([], Acc) ->
    Acc;
parsejsonfields([{Name, {struct, [{<<"N">>, Value}]}}|Rest], Acc) ->
    parsejsonfields(Rest, [{Name, list_to_integer(binary_to_list(Value))}|Acc]);
parsejsonfields([{Name, {struct, [{<<"S">>, Value}]}}|Rest], Acc) ->
    parsejsonfields(Rest, [{Name, Value}|Acc]);
parsejsonfields([{Name, {struct, [{<<"NS">>, Value}]}}|Rest], Acc) ->
    parsejsonfields(Rest, [{Name, all_to_int(Value)}|Acc]);
parsejsonfields([{Name, {struct, [{<<"SS">>, Value}]}}|Rest], Acc) ->
    parsejsonfields(Rest, [{Name, Value}|Acc]).

return_if_not_expired(_, [], _, Default) ->
    Default;
return_if_not_expired(Key, ParsedResult, Now, Default) ->
    Updated = proplists:get_value(<<"Updated">>, ParsedResult),
    TTL = proplists:get_value(<<"TTL">>, ParsedResult),
    case (Updated+TTL) > Now of
        true ->
            ParsedResult;
        false ->
            dinerl:delete_item(<<"Attributions">>, [{<<"HashKeyElement">>, [{<<"S">>, Key}]}], []),
            Default
    end.

all_to_int(L) ->
    all_to_int(L, []).
all_to_int([], Acc) ->
    lists:reverse(Acc);
all_to_int([H|T], Acc) ->
    all_to_int(T, [list_to_integer(binary_to_list(H))|Acc]).

pytime() ->
    pytime(erlang:now()).
pytime({MegaSecs, Secs, MicroSecs}) ->
    erlang:trunc((1.0e+6 * MegaSecs) + Secs + (1.0e-6 * MicroSecs)).