setAttribute

Sets the value of an attribute (extra field) on an object. Use setAttributeInteger to set values of INTEGER attributes, and setAttributeNumber to set values of NUMBER attributes.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
skey	string
object_type	string	The object type; see getAttributeObjectTypes to determine usable values.
object_id	string	The ID of the object to set the attribute value on.
id_attr_type	string	The ID of the attribute type.
value	string	The attribute value to set.
overwrite_existing	boolean	If true, an existing value for this attribute will be overwritten with the new value. If false, and a value already exist, an exception will be raised and no changes will be made.

Return

The setAttribute method returns nothing (an unspecified object).

Exceptions

The setAttribute method may report the following exceptions:

RuntimeError if the object type is not valid
ValueError if the object or attribute type does not exist, or the value is improper for the type of the attribute