Set a counter

Sets an absolute value, creating the counter if it doesn’t exist yet. Overlay labels bound to it update live and counter.updated fires. Requires counters:manage.

PUT/counters/{name}

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token (tp_live_... or tpat_...) · headerrequired

A TipPage API key (`tp_live_...`, created in Dashboard → Settings → Developer) or an OAuth 2.0 access token (`tpat_...`, see the OAuth guide). Both carry the same scopes and are accepted on every endpoint.

Path parameters

namestringrequired

The counter's name.

matches ^[a-z0-9_-]{1,64}$

Request body

requiredapplication/json

valueintegerrequired

New absolute value.

Responses

200The counter after the write.

counterCounter

Show properties

namestring

The counter's name - its key on every surface (chat tokens, labels, this API).

valueinteger

created_atstring<date-time>

updated_atstring<date-time>

400Invalid name or value.

errorstringrequired

Human-readable message.

codestring

Machine-readable code (e.g. `missing_scope`, `not_in_queue`).

401Missing or invalid credential (`missing_api_key` / `invalid_api_key`, or `invalid_token` for an expired/revoked OAuth access token).

errorstringrequired

Human-readable message.

codestring

Machine-readable code (e.g. `missing_scope`, `not_in_queue`).

403The key lacks the required scope (`missing_scope`).

errorstringrequired

Human-readable message.

codestring

Machine-readable code (e.g. `missing_scope`, `not_in_queue`).

required_scopestring

429Rate limit exceeded - check the `RateLimit-*` headers.

errorstring

Request

curl -X PUT "https://api.tippage.com/v1/counters/string" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "value": 0
}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.tippage.com/v1/counters/string", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "value": 0
})
});

import requests

response = requests.put(
    "https://api.tippage.com/v1/counters/string",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json={
  "value": 0
},
)

Response

{
  "counter": {
    "name": "deaths",
    "value": 0,
    "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  }
}