Increment by 1, return current¶
Atomically increments 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¶
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>/increment/get
where:
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
<counterName> |
name of the counter to increment. |
Request headers¶
user-token: optional value obtained as a result of the login operation.
where:
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
Content-Type |
Must be set to application/json. This header is mandatory. |
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/increment/get
Codeless Reference¶
where:
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
counter name |
Name of the counter whose value must be incremented. |
increment by |
Specify the number to increment the value by. |
return current value |
When this box is checked, the operation returns the current value of the counter. |
Returns the current value of the counter.
Consider the following counter:
The example below increments the value of the "CarsParkingLot" by 1. This operation returns 1, since the return current value box is checked.
The result of this operation will look as shown below after the Codeless logic runs:
