elasticsearch/docs/reference/cat/count.asciidoc
Lisa Cawley 5e0fbef58b
[DOCS] Link to new API site (#119038)
Co-authored-by: shainaraskas <58563081+shainaraskas@users.noreply.github.com>
2024-12-30 16:52:16 +00:00

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[[cat-count]]
=== cat count API
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<titleabbrev>cat count</titleabbrev>
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..New API reference
[sidebar]
--
For the most up-to-date API details, refer to {api-es}/group/endpoint-cat[Compact and aligned text (CAT) APIs]..
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[IMPORTANT]
====
cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or {kib}
console. They are _not_ intended for use by applications. For application
consumption, use the <<search-count,count API>>.
====
Provides quick access to a document count for a data stream, an index, or an
entire cluster.
NOTE: The document count only includes live documents, not deleted documents
which have not yet been removed by the merge process.
[[cat-count-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}
`GET /_cat/count/<target>`
`GET /_cat/count`
[[cat-count-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}
* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `read`
<<privileges-list-indices,index privilege>> for any data stream, index, or alias
you retrieve.
[[cat-count-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}
`<target>`::
(Optional, string) Comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and aliases
used to limit the request. Supports wildcards (`*`). To target all data streams
and indices, omit this parameter or use `*` or `_all`.
[[cat-count-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}
include::{es-ref-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=http-format]
include::{es-ref-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=cat-h]
include::{es-ref-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=help]
include::{es-ref-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=cat-s]
include::{es-ref-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=cat-v]
[[cat-count-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}
[[cat-count-api-example-ind]]
===== Example with an individual data stream or index
The following `count` API request retrieves the document count for the
`my-index-000001` data stream or index.
[source,console,id=cat-count-individual-example]
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GET /_cat/count/my-index-000001?v=true
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// TEST[setup:my_index_big]
The API returns the following response:
[source,txt]
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epoch timestamp count
1475868259 15:24:20 120
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// TESTRESPONSE[s/1475868259 15:24:20/\\d+ \\d+:\\d+:\\d+/ non_json]
[[cat-count-api-example-all]]
===== Example with all data streams and indices in a cluster
The following `count` API request retrieves the document count for all data
streams and indices in the cluster.
[source,console,id=cat-count-all-example]
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GET /_cat/count?v=true
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// TEST[setup:my_index_big]
// TEST[s/^/POST test\/_doc\?refresh\n{"test": "test"}\n/]
The API returns the following response:
[source,txt]
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epoch timestamp count
1475868259 15:24:20 121
--------------------------------------------------
// TESTRESPONSE[s/1475868259 15:24:20/\\d+ \\d+:\\d+:\\d+/ non_json]