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Get current

Returns the current value of the counter.

Method:

GET

Endpoint URL

The xxxx.backendless.app is a subdomain assigned to your application. For more information see the Client-side Setup section of this documentation.

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

where:

Argument                Description
<counterName> name of the counter to retrieve the value of.

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

Current counter value.

Example

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

curl -X GET \  
https://xxxx.backendless.app/api/counters/mycounter

Codeless Reference

codeless_atomic_counters_get_counter_value_1

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:

codeless_atomic_counters_set_counter_if_2

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

codeless_atomic_counters_get_counter_value_2