arangodb/Documentation/DocuBlocks/Rest/Collections/JSA_get_api_collection_count.md

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// @startDocuBlock JSA_get_api_collection_count /// @brief Counts the documents in a collection /// /// @RESTHEADER{GET /_api/collection/{collection-name}/count, Return number of documents in a collection} /// /// @RESTURLPARAMETERS /// /// @RESTURLPARAM{collection-name,string,required} /// The name of the collection. /// /// @RESTDESCRIPTION /// In addition to the above, the result also contains the number of documents. /// Note that this will always load the collection into memory. /// /// - count: The number of documents inside the collection. /// /// @RESTRETURNCODES /// /// @RESTRETURNCODE{400} /// If the collection-name is missing, then a HTTP 400 is /// returned. /// /// @RESTRETURNCODE{404} /// If the collection-name is unknown, then a HTTP 404 /// is returned. /// /// @EXAMPLES /// /// Requesting the number of documents: /// /// @EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN{RestCollectionGetCollectionCount} /// var cn = "products"; /// db._drop(cn); /// var coll = db._create(cn, { waitForSync: true }); /// for(var i=0;i<100;i++) { /// coll.save({"count" : i }); /// } /// var url = "/_api/collection/"+ coll.name() + "/count"; /// /// var response = logCurlRequest('GET', url); /// /// assert(response.code === 200); /// /// logJsonResponse(response); /// db._drop(cn); /// @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN /// @endDocuBlock ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////