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Decrement by 1, return current

Atomically decrements by one the current value and returns the updated (current) value of the counter. Multiple concurrent client requests are guaranteed to return unique updated value.

Method:

PUT

Endpoint URL

https://xxxx.backendless.app/api/counters/<counterName>/decrement/get

where:

Argument                Description
<counterName> name of the counter to decrement.

Request headers

user-token: optional value obtained as a result of the login operation.

where:

Argument                Description
user-token Optional header. Contains a value returned by Backendless in a preceding user Login API call. The operation will be executed with the security policy associated currently logged in user. This means all permissions associated with the user and the roles assigned to the user will be enforced by Backendless.

Request body

N/A

Response body

Numeric value - current value of the counter

Example

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

curl -X PUT \  
https://xxxx.backendless.app/api/counters/mycounter/decrement/get