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Increment by N, return current

Atomically adds the given value to the current value and returns the updated (current) value of the counter. Multiple concurrent client requests are guaranteed to return 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>/incrementby/get?value=<value>

where:

Argument                Description
<counterName> Name of the counter to update.
<value> Number to add to the current counter value.

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/incrementby/get?value=1000