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Union

Description

This operation creates a union of unique values from the specified sets. A union is a set made by combining unique elements of two or more sets.

Method

POST

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]/set/action/union

where:

Argument                Description
[hive-name] Name of a hive where the operation is performed.

Request Headers

Content-Type:application/json

where:

Argument                Description
Content-Type Must be set to application/json. This header is mandatory.

Request Body

The request body must be a JSON array containing string values that identify the names of the specified sets:

["setname_1", "setname_2", ...]

Response Body

A JSON array of unique values found in specified sets. Every element can be of any JSON data type.

Example

The example below returns unique values found in the following sets: "cars" and "cars_2".

curl --location --request POST "https://xxxx.backendless.app/api/hive/transport/set/action/union" \--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \--data-raw '["cars", "cars_2"]']

where:

Argument                Description
transport Name of a hive where the operation is performed.
["cars", "cars_2"] An array of key names each identifying a set containing multiple values.

Contents Of Specified Sets

set_api_example_sdks_diff_inter_union

Response

The output will look as shown below after this operation runs.

set_api_example_sdks_diff_inter_union_output_3

Codeless Reference

set_api_union

where:

Argument                Description
hive name Name of a hive where the operation is performed.
key names A list containing key names identifying unique sets.

Returns a list of identical values derived from multiple sets.

Consider the following Set storage:
set_api_example_sdks_diff_inter_union

The example below returns unique values found in the following sets: 'cars' and 'cars_2'.
set_api_example_union

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

set_api_example_sdks_diff_inter_union_output_3