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Build a counter

Build a counter using Durable Objects and Workers with RPC methods.

This example shows how to build a counter using Durable Objects and Workers with RPC methods that can print, increment, and decrement a name provided by the URL query string parameter, for example, ?name=A.

import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";
// Worker
export default {
async fetch(request, env) {
let url = new URL(request.url);
let name = url.searchParams.get("name");
if (!name) {
return new Response(
"Select a Durable Object to contact by using" +
" the `name` URL query string parameter, for example, ?name=A"
);
}
// Every unique ID refers to an individual instance of the Counter class that
// has its own state. `idFromName()` always returns the same ID when given the
// same string as input (and called on the same class), but never the same
// ID for two different strings (or for different classes).
let id = env.COUNTERS.idFromName(name);
// Construct the stub for the Durable Object using the ID.
// A stub is a client Object used to send messages to the Durable Object.
let stub = env.COUNTERS.get(id);
// Send a request to the Durable Object using RPC methods, then await its response.
let count = null;
switch (url.pathname) {
case "/increment":
count = await stub.increment();
break;
case "/decrement":
count = await stub.decrement();
break;
case "/":
// Serves the current value.
count = await stub.getCounterValue();
break;
default:
return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
}
return new Response(`Durable Object '${name}' count: ${count}`);
}
};
// Durable Object
export class Counter extends DurableObject {
async getCounterValue() {
let value = (await this.ctx.storage.get("value")) || 0;
return value;
}
async increment(amount = 1) {
let value = (await this.ctx.storage.get("value")) || 0;
value += amount;
// You do not have to worry about a concurrent request having modified the value in storage.
// "input gates" will automatically protect against unwanted concurrency.
// Read-modify-write is safe.
await this.ctx.storage.put("value", value);
return value;
}
async decrement(amount = 1) {
let value = (await this.ctx.storage.get("value")) || 0;
value -= amount;
await this.ctx.storage.put("value", value);
return value;
}
}

Finally, configure your wrangler.toml file to include a Durable Object binding and migration based on the namespace and class name chosen previously.

wrangler.toml
name = "my-counter"
[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "COUNTERS"
class_name = "Counter"
[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_classes = ["Counter"]