Count documents (C#)
Counts documents in a collection using filter clauses.
Exact counting of the number of documents is a slow, expensive operation. If the document count exceeds the upper limit set by you or by the API, an indication of this limit will be returned instead of the full count.
If you need to count large numbers of documents, consider using the method to estimate count or the DataStax Bulk Loader instead.
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Result
Returns an integer indicating the exact number of documents that match the specified filter.
If the count exceeds the caller-provided or API-set upper bound, the client raises an error.
Parameters
Use the CountDocumentsAsync method, which belongs to the Collection class.
You can also use CountDocuments, which is the synchronous version of the method.
Method signature
public Task<int> CountDocumentsAsync(
CollectionFilter<T> filter,
int maxDocumentsToCount,
CollectionCountDocumentsOptions options = null
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Optional. An object that defines filter criteria using the Data API filter syntax. The method only finds documents that match the filter criteria. Filters can improve performance by reducing the number of documents that the Data API processes. You must use For a list of available filter operators and more examples, see Filter operators for collections (C#). Filters can use only indexed fields. If you apply selective indexing when you create a collection, you cannot reference non-indexed fields in a filter. For an example, see Count documents that match a filter. |
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The maximum number of documents to count. If the actual number of documents exceeds this value or exceeds the limit set by the Data API, the client will raise an error. |
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Optional. General API options for this operation, including the timeout. For more information and examples, see Customize API interaction. |
Examples
The following examples demonstrate how to count documents in a collection.
Count documents that match a filter
You can use a filter to count documents that match specific criteria.
For a list of available filter operators and more examples, see Filter operators for collections (C#).
Filters can use only indexed fields. If you apply selective indexing when you create a collection, you cannot reference non-indexed fields in a filter.
using DataStax.AstraDB.DataApi;
using DataStax.AstraDB.DataApi.Collections;
using DataStax.AstraDB.DataApi.Core;
namespace Examples;
public class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
// Get an existing collection
var client = new DataAPIClient();
var database = client.GetDatabase(
"API_ENDPOINT",
"APPLICATION_TOKEN"
);
var collection = database.GetCollection("COLLECTION_NAME");
// Count documents
var filterBuilder = Builders<Document>.CollectionFilter;
var filter = filterBuilder.And(
filterBuilder.Eq("is_checked_out", false),
filterBuilder.Lt("number_of_pages", 300)
);
var result = await collection.CountDocumentsAsync(filter, 500);
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
}Count all documents
To attempt to count all documents, use an empty filter.
using DataStax.AstraDB.DataApi;
namespace Examples;
public class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
// Get an existing collection
var client = new DataAPIClient();
var database = client.GetDatabase(
"API_ENDPOINT",
"APPLICATION_TOKEN"
);
var collection = database.GetCollection("COLLECTION_NAME");
// Count documents
var result = await collection.CountDocumentsAsync(null, 500);
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
}Client reference
For more information, see the client reference.
