Managing resource usage

Backstack offers a variety of methods for managing resource usage within your codebase.

Counters

Counters are defined in the Backstack dashboard for use in any of your applications. Initiate a counter on events you want to track for future usage assessment.

// pseudocode

<button onClick="updateFooCount(1)">Add Foo</button>

<button onClick="updateFooCount(-1)">Delete Foo</button>

The session.account.counters is an array of aggregated values for the current account.

// session object
{
  ...
  "account": {
    "counters": {
      "foo": 23,
      ...
    }
    ...
  }
}

See the counters resource for more information.

Account stats

The session.account.stats array contains system-generated values you can use for managing resource usage.

// session object
{
  ...
  "account": {
    "stats": {
      "users": 5,
      "children": 4,
      "optional_features": 2
    }
    ...
  }
}

See the account stats resource for more information.