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Get Value

Description

This operation retrieves a value associated with the specified key.

Method

GET

Endpoint URL

Important

Make sure to replace xxxx in the domain name in the request specification below to the one assigned to your application.

https://xxxx.backendless.app/api/hive/[hive-name]/key-value/[key]

where:

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

Request Headers

None.

Request Body

None.

Response Body

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

Example

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

curl --location --request GET "https://xxxx.backendless.app/api/hive/countries/key-value/Japan"

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