[REST] GET ObjectID of last data object in table

REST
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I am using REST in Python.

According to the documentation, you can find the last data object in a table with https://api.backendless.com/<version>/data/<table-name>/last

You can also get the ObjectID of an object by adding parameters to the URL https://api.backendless.com/<version>/data/<table-name>?props=ObjectID&where=Clause

What I would like to know is how to get the ObjectID of the last data object in the table.

Thanks in advance.

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Hi Eric,

When you retrieve the last object in a table, the JSON which comes back will have the objectId property. It will contain the value you’re looking for.

Regards,
Mark

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Hey Mark,

Thanks for the reply. ObjectID is returned but along with all the other properties. Is there a way to capture just the objectID value and assign it to a variable? Thanks.

Eric

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I was going to suggest adding props=objectId, but that does not work with /last. I think the penalty for getting all of the properties in the response for /last and using only objectId is minimal. What do you think?

Regards,
Mark

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Ah, I was unfamiliar with JSON at the time of asking the question. I was able to use the json module in Python to capture the objectId.

import json
objid = json.loads(datastring)["objectId"]