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Get Value

Description

This operation retrieves a value associated with the specified key.

Method

Backendless.Hive( hiveName ).KeyValueStore( keyName ).get(): Promise<value>;

where:

Argument                Description
hiveName Name of a hive where the operation is performed. String value.
keyName Key name identifying a key-value pair. String value.

Return Value

Тhe value associated with the key. If the specified key does not exist, the operation returns null.

Example

The example below retrieves a value associated with the 'Japan' key.

var value = await Backendless.Hive('countries').KeyValueStore('Japan').get()

where:

Argument                Description
'countries' Name of a hive where the operation is performed.
'Japan' Key name to get the value for.


Codeless Reference

keyvalue_api_get_value

where:

Argument                Description
hive name Name of a hive where the operation is performed.
key name Key name identifying a key-value pair.

Returns value for the specified key.

Consider the following Key Value storage:

key-value-store

The example below gets value for the "Japan" key:

keyvalue_api_example_get_value
The output will look as shown below after the Codeless logic runs.
keyvalue_api_example_get_value_2