gistfile1.sh

// Create a new bucket in Riak and enable `allow_mult`

$ curl -i http://localhost:8098/buckets/new_hotness/props \
 -X PUT -d '{"props":{"allow_mult":true}}' -H "Content-Type: application/json"

// POST to the `counters` resource. In this example we're adding "1" to the "riak-counters-blog-post-views" counter

$ curl -i http://localhost:8098/buckets/new_hotness/counters/riak-counters-blog-post-views \
 -X POST -d "1"

// To read the value of a counter, do a GET on the same object

$ curl -i http://localhost:8098/buckets/new_hotness/counters/riak-counters-blog-post-views