def get_client_profile(self, client_id):
        """This fetches a single client record out of DynamoDB
        """
        try:
            response = self._table.get_item(Key={'client_id': client_id})
            compressed_bytes = response['Item']['json_payload'].value
            json_byte_data = zlib.decompress(compressed_bytes)
            json_str_data = json_byte_data.decode('utf8')
            return json.loads(json_str_data)
        except KeyError:
            # No client ID found - not really an error
            return None
        except Exception as e:
            # Return None on error.  The caller in ProfileFetcher will
            # handle error logging
            msg = "Error loading client data for {}.  Error: {}"
            self.logger.debug(msg.format(client_id, str(e)))
            return None
This fetches a single client record out of DynamoDB