Count points

POST

Counts the number of points that match a specified filtering condition.

Path parameters

collection_namestringRequired

Name of the collection to count in

Query parameters

timeoutintegerOptional

If set, overrides global timeout for this request. Unit is seconds.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

shard_keystring or integer or list of strings or integers or anyOptional

Specify in which shards to look for the points, if not specified - look in all shards

filterobject or anyOptional

Look only for points which satisfies this conditions

exactbooleanOptional

If true, count exact number of points. If false, count approximate number of points faster. Approximate count might be unreliable during the indexing process. Default: true

Response

This endpoint returns an object.

timedoubleOptional

Time spent to process this request

statusstringOptional

resultobjectOptional

Built with

1	# Count total number of points in a collection
2	curl -X POST \
3	'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/count' \
4	--header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
5	--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
6	--data-raw '{
7	"exact": true
8	}'
9
10	# Count points satisfying a filter condition
11	curl -X POST \
12	'http://localhost:6333/collections/collection_name/points/count' \
13	--header 'api-key: <api-key-value>' \
14	--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
15	--data-raw '{
16	"filter": {
17	"must": [
18	{
19	"key": "color",
20	"match": {
21	"value": "red"
22	}
23	}
24	]
25	},
26	"exact": true
27	}'

1	{
2	"time": 0.002,
3	"status": "ok",
4	"result": {
5	"count": 1
6	}
7	}