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| layout | title | parent | nav_order | has_children |
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CAT count
Introduced 1.0 {: .label .label-purple }
The CAT count operation lists the number of documents in your cluster.
Example
GET _cat/count?v
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To see the number of documents in a specific index or alias, add the index or alias name after your query:
GET _cat/count/<index_or_alias>?v
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If you want to get information for more than one index or alias, separate the index or alias names with commas:
GET _cat/count/index_or_alias_1,index_or_alias_2,index_or_alias_3
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Path and HTTP methods
GET _cat/count?v
GET _cat/count/<index>?v
URL parameters
All CAT count URL parameters are optional. You can specify any of the common URL parameters.
Response
The following response shows the overall document count as 1625:
epoch | timestamp | count
1624237738 | 01:08:58 | 1625