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  tags:
    - Counters
    - POST
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  description: >-
    Adds by (default 1, may be negative), creating the counter at by… Reference
    for the POST /counters/{name}/increment endpoint in the TipPage Developer
    API API.
sidebar:
  badge: POST
  label: Increment a counter
title: Increment a counter
type: openapi-operation
---
Adds `by` (default 1, may be negative), creating the counter at `by` on first use - the same semantics as `{count}` in a chat command. Requires `counters:manage`.

<Operation source="api-reference" id="incrementcounter" />