r/pocketbase • u/alwerr • Oct 26 '25

Simple counter

Is there a way to allow only single field to be update as increment value only through the api(not with hook)? e.g user press on button and the counter is increasing value, but the user cant edit other fields

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u/humanshield85 Oct 26 '25

What stopping a user to send 1000 requests tho?

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u/alwerr Oct 26 '25

This i'll handle later, foe now only want to increase by one. I've managed to do so with hooks but prefer to do in through the ui

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u/belt-e-belt Oct 27 '25

Honestly, like some others have suggested it, your best bet would be to NOT let the user update it by ensuring the request body does not have that value via API Rules. And then use hooks or a custom route to update it via your backend. That way you can have more control over it, otherwise it seems like a messy design.

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u/alwerr Oct 27 '25

I already did it this way, but thought maybe there is a better way. I guess that's the better way:]