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Read A Key (LCC.kvdb.dict.get)

Signature

value, err = LCC.kvdb.dict.get(name, key, timeout?)

Parameters

  • name
    String. Dictionary name (non-empty, max 256 bytes).
  • key
    String. Key to read (must be valid UTF-8 and non-empty).
  • timeout
    Number, optional. Request timeout in seconds, default 60.

Returns

  • value
    String. Value stored for the key; nil when missing.
  • err
    String or nil. Returns 'not found' when the key is absent.

Notes

Fetches the value for the given key.
Missing keys return nil, 'not found'.

Example

local value, err = LCC.kvdb.dict.get("settings", "retry")
if value then
print("Current retry count:", value)
end