This page provides details on how you can use TEngine via API calls

Used to create a new table. If the table already exists, it will error out. You must provide a partition key but a sort key is optional. You can also add additional indexes which also require a partition key and an optional sort key. Currently it's not possible to add indexes to an existing table.

{
  tablename=STRING,
  pk=STRING
  sk=STRING  (optional)
 
  indexes={
    "string"={
      pk=STRING
      sk=STRING  (optional)
    }
  } (optional)
 
}

{
  error=STRING
  success=BOOLEAN
}

  temp.req = {};
 
  // Create a base table and two indexes
  // pk is mandatory, sk is optional
 
  temp.req.tablename = "player-test";
  temp.req.pk = "account";
  temp.req.sk = "sort";
 
  temp.req.indexes = {};
 
  temp.req.indexes.house_index = {};
  temp.req.indexes.house_index.pk = "housetype";
  temp.req.indexes.house_index.sk = "housesubtype";
 
  temp.req.indexes.location_index = {};
  temp.req.indexes.location_index.pk = "location";
 
  //create table 
  temp.r = TEngine.createtable(temp.req);
  if (temp.r.error) {
    printf("[TEngine Error]: %s", temp.r.error);
  } 

{
   "success": 1,
   "error": ""
}

Both methods use the same underlying method but the difference is:
Put: will either replace an existing item with the request or create a new item if it does not exist
Update: will either update an existing item with the request or create a new item if it does not exist