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Set Keys and Values

Description

This operation modifies values associated with one or more keys.  If the specified keys do not exist, new key-value pairs are created.

Method

Backendless.Hive(hiveName).KeyValueStore.set(values): Promise<void>;

where:

Argument                Description
hiveName Name of a hive where the operation is performed. String value.
values An object containing a mapping of keys and the corresponding values to be used as key-value pairs by the operation.

Return Value

None.

Example

The example below modifies values associated with the keys "Japan" and "USA". In case the keys do not exist, new key-value pairs are created.

await Backendless.Hive('countries').KeyValueStore.set({ 'Japan': 'The land of the rising sun', 'USA': 'The country of freedom' })

where:

Argument                Description
'countries' Name of a hive where the operation is performed.
'Japan','USA' Keys to update the values of. If the keys do not exist, new key-value pairs are created.
'The land of the rising sun','The country of freedom' Values to assign to the keys.

Codeless Reference

keyvalue_api_set_keys_and_values

where:

Argument                Description
hive name Name of a hive where the operation is performed.
keys/values object An object containing key names and corresponding values.

Consider the following Key Value storage:

sample-key-value

The following example sets key-value pairs:

keyvalue_api_example_set_keys_and_values


The key-value storage will look as shown below after the Codeless logic runs:
keyvalue_api_example_set_keys_and_values_2