Get current counter value

Returns the current value of the counter.

// *******************************************
// Backendless.Counters approach
// *******************************************
Backendless.Counters.get( counterName )
 .then( function( result ) {
 })
 .catch( function( error ) {
 });

// *******************************************
// Backendless.Counters.of() approach
// *******************************************
var counter = Backendless.Counters.of( counterName );
counter.get()
 .then( function( result ) {
 })
 .catch( function( error ) {
 });

where:

Argument	Description
counterName	name of the counter to get the current value of.

Example

var successCallback = function( response ) {
  console.log( "counter value is - " + response );
};

var failureCallback = function( fault ) {
  console.log( "error - " + fault.message );
};

// ************************************************
// Backendless.Counters approach
// ************************************************
Backendless.Counters.get( "my counter" )
 .then( successCallback )
 .catch( failureCallback );

// ************************************************
// Backendless.Counters.of() approach
// ************************************************
var myCounter = Backendless.Counters.of( "my counter" );
myCounter.get()
 .then( successCallback )
 .catch( failureCallback );

Codeless Reference

where:

Argument	Description
counter name	Name of the counter whose value must be retrieved.

Returns the current value of the counter.

Consider the following counter:

The example below retrieves the current value of the counter. The result of this operation is 20.