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source_url: https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/kv-store-introduction
title: KV Store Introduction
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# KV Store Introduction

> For AI agents: documentation index at https://www.pubnub.com/llms-full.txt

Key-value storage operations (strings, JSON, counters) scoped to a keyset.

## [GET Get a string entry by key](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/get-a-string-entry-by-key.md)

Returns a single string key-value entry.

## [PUT Create or update a string entry](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/create-or-update-a-string-entry.md)

Inserts or updates a string key-value entry with an optional TTL.

## [DELETE Delete a string entry](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/delete-a-string-entry.md)

Deletes a string key-value entry by key.

## [GET Get a JSON entry by key](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/get-a-json-entry-by-key.md)

Returns a single JSON key-value entry.

## [PUT Create or update a JSON entry](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/create-or-update-a-json-entry.md)

Inserts or updates a JSON key-value entry with an optional TTL.

## [DELETE Delete a JSON entry](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/delete-a-json-entry.md)

Deletes a JSON key-value entry by key.

## [POST Increment a counter](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/increment-a-counter.md)

Increments a counter by the specified value (default 1).

## [POST Decrement a counter](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/decrement-a-counter.md)

Decrements a counter by the specified value (default 1).

## [GET List all string entries](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/list-all-string-entries.md)

Returns a paginated list of all string key-value entries for the given keyset.

## [GET List all JSON entries](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/list-all-json-entries.md)

Returns a paginated list of all JSON key-value entries for the given keyset.

## [GET List all counter entries](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/list-all-counter-entries.md)

Returns a paginated list of all counter key-value entries for the given keyset.

## [GET Get a counter entry by key](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/admin-api/get-a-counter-entry-by-key.md)

Returns a single counter key-value entry.