elasticsearch/docs/java-rest/high-level/search/count.asciidoc

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=== Count API

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==== Count Request

The +{request}+ is used to execute a query and get the number of matches for the query. The query to use in +{request}+ can be
set in similar way as query in `SearchRequest` using `SearchSourceBuilder`.

In its most basic form, we can add a query to the request:

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<1> Creates the +{request}+. Without arguments this runs against all indices.
<2> Most search parameters are added to the `SearchSourceBuilder`.
<3> Add a `match_all` query to the `SearchSourceBuilder`.
<4> Add the `SearchSourceBuilder` to the +{request}+.

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===== Count Request optional arguments

A +{request}+ also takes the following optional arguments:

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<1> Restricts the request to an index
<2> Set a routing parameter
<3> Setting `IndicesOptions` controls how unavailable indices are resolved and how wildcard expressions are expanded
<4> Use the preference parameter e.g. to execute the search to prefer local shards. The default is to randomize across shards.

===== Using the SearchSourceBuilder in CountRequest

Both in search and count API calls, most options controlling the search behavior can be set on the `SearchSourceBuilder`,
which contains more or less the equivalent of the options in the search request body of the Rest API.

Here are a few examples of some common options:

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<1> Create a `SearchSourceBuilder` with default options.
<2> Set the query. Can be any type of `QueryBuilder`

After this, the `SearchSourceBuilder` only needs to be added to the
+{request}+:

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Note subtle difference when using `SearchSourceBuilder` in `SearchRequest` and using `SearchSourceBuilder` in +{request}+ - using
`SearchSourceBuilder` in `SearchRequest` one can use `SearchSourceBuilder.size()` and `SearchSourceBuilder.from()` methods to set the
number of search hits to return, and the starting index. In +{request}+ we're interested in total number of matches and these methods
have no meaning.

The <<java-rest-high-query-builders, Building Queries>> page gives a list of all available search queries with
their corresponding `QueryBuilder` objects and `QueryBuilders` helper methods.

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==== CountResponse

The +{response}+ that is returned by executing the count API call provides total count of hits and details about the count execution
itself, like the HTTP status code, or whether the request terminated early:

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The response also provides information about the execution on the
shard level by offering statistics about the total number of shards that were
affected by the underlying search, and the successful vs. unsuccessful shards. Possible
failures can also be handled by iterating over an array off
`ShardSearchFailures` like in the following example:

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