Delete Key

Description

This operation deletes a specific key and the corresponding value from a Hive store.

Method

Backendless.Hive(hiveName).[bucketType](keyName).delete(): Promise<number>;

where:

Argument	Description
hiveName	Name of a hive where the operation is performed. String value.
[bucketType]	This placeholder must be substituted with one of the following stores types: KeyValueStore, ListStore, MapStore, SetStore, SortedSetStore.
keyName	Key name to delete. String value.

Return Value

1 if the specified key and the corresponding value are deleted. If the specified key is not deleted, then 0 is returned.

Example

The example below deletes the 'fruits' key from the key-value store.

Backendless.Hive('groceryStore').ListStore('fruits').delete()

where:

Argument	Description
'groceryStore'	Name of a hive where the operation is performed.
'fruits'	Key name to delete from the store.

Codeless Reference

where:

Argument	Description
hive name	Name of a hive where the operation is performed.
type	Type of the storage where to delete a key/value.
key name	Key name to delete.

Returns 1 if the specified key and the corresponding value are deleted. If the operation is not successful, then 0 is returned.

Consider the following Key Value storage:

The example below deletes the "Japan" key-value pair from the Key Value storage:

The key-value storage will look as shown below after the Codeless logic runs: