getValue (DataService - JavaScript™)

Read-only. Can be used as an alternative to return the same values as getName(), getLabel(), and getPlan(). The method looks directly at the values in the VCAP_SERVICES environment variable.

Defined in

DataService

Syntax

getValue(String) : String

Usage

You can use this method to write to the DataService object in the following ways:

  • getValue("name") returns the same as getName()
  • getValue("label") returns the same as getLabel()
  • getValue("plan") returns the same as getPlan()
This method looks directly at the related values in the VCAP_SERVICES environment variable which look like the following:
{
   "XPagesData": [
      {
         "name": "myXPagesDB-XPagesData",
         "label": "XPagesData",
         "plan": "xpages-data-free",
         "credentials": {
            "apppath": "bluemix/xxxxxx/data1.nsf",
            "username": "xxxxxx",
            "host": "169.53.5.242",
            "rootDir": "bluemix/xxxxxx/dev/",
            "servername": "CN=server_name/O=Bluemix",
            "password": "xxxxxx",
            "url":"http://xxxxxx:xxxxxx@9.39.221.87/reg/BmUsrMgr.nsf/bmUserDashboard.xsp
      ?documentId=123456&action=openDocument"
         }
      }
   ]
}

Language cross-reference

getValue method in Java™ DataService class.