Get a document count
Get quick access to a document count for a data stream, an index, or an entire cluster. The document count only includes live documents, not deleted documents which have not yet been removed by the merge process.
IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the count API.
GET
/_cat/count
curl \
-X GET http://api.example.com/_cat/count
Response examples (200)
[
{
"": 42.0,
"timestamp": "string",
"count": "string"
}
]
Response examples (200)
Single data stream or index count
A successful response from `GET /_cat/count/my-index-000001?v=true`. It retrieves the document count for the `my-index-000001` data stream or index.
epoch timestamp count
1475868259 15:24:20 120
A successful response from `GET /_cat/count?v=true`. It retrieves the document count for all data streams and indices in the cluster.
epoch timestamp count
1475868259 15:24:20 121