def get_provisioned_table_write_units(table_name):
    """ Returns the number of provisioned write units for the table

    :type table_name: str
    :param table_name: Name of the DynamoDB table
    :returns: int -- Number of write units
    """
    try:
        desc = DYNAMODB_CONNECTION.describe_table(table_name)
    except JSONResponseError:
        raise

    write_units = int(
        desc[u'Table'][u'ProvisionedThroughput'][u'WriteCapacityUnits'])

    logger.debug('{0} - Currently provisioned write units: {1:d}'.format(
        table_name, write_units))
    return write_units
Returns the number of provisioned write units for the table

    :type table_name: str
    :param table_name: Name of the DynamoDB table
    :returns: int -- Number of write units