# Count versus Search API **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 24, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/count-versus-search-api/15981 "2014-02-24T03:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pulkitsinghal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pulkitsinghal/32/802_2.png) [@pulkitsinghal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pulkitsinghal)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/count-versus-search-api/15981/1 "2014-02-24T03:51:43Z")
Hello, I have a bool query with a filter applied to it, which runs against the \_search endpoint successfully giving "hits.total" but unfortunately it also gives a lot more data than that which I don't need. So I thought of running the same query against the \_count endpoint but there I received a failure: "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[index\_test][0] ]; nested: QueryParsingException[[index\_test] No query registered for [query]]; " Is there some other lightweight manner in which I can get just "hits.total" without the added bloat of each matching doc? Thanks! - Pulkit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a1c1e381-3464-4932-8114-977b2e01c304%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a1c1e381-3464-4932-8114-977b2e01c304%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/count-versus-search-api/15981/2 "2014-02-24T06:38:20Z")
How does your count query look like? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 24 févr. 2014 à 04:51, pulkitsinghal [pulkitsinghal@gmail.com](mailto:pulkitsinghal@gmail.com) a écrit : Hello, I have a bool query with a filter applied to it, which runs against the \_search endpoint successfully giving "hits.total" but unfortunately it also gives a lot more data than that which I don't need. So I thought of running the same query against the \_count endpoint but there I received a failure: "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[index\_test][0] ]; nested: QueryParsingException[[index\_test] No query registered for [query]]; " Is there some other lightweight manner in which I can get just "hits.total" without the added bloat of each matching doc? Thanks! - Pulkit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a1c1e381-3464-4932-8114-977b2e01c304%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a1c1e381-3464-4932-8114-977b2e01c304%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/C9753722-16FB-4005-B332-CECE3FED6DF2%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/C9753722-16FB-4005-B332-CECE3FED6DF2%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![javanna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javanna/32/4698_2.png) [@javanna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javanna)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/count-versus-search-api/15981/3 "2014-02-24T07:38:23Z")
I guess you are still on 0.90, where the count request is slightly different compared to a search request, as it contains the query without it being wrapped into the query object: { "term" : {"field":"value"} } instead of { "query" : { "term" : {"field":"value"} } } Beware that we changed this in 1.0 to have consistency between count api and search api. On Monday, February 24, 2014 4:51:43 AM UTC+1, pulkitsinghal wrote: > Hello, > > I have a bool query with a filter applied to it, which runs against the > \_search endpoint successfully giving "hits.total" but unfortunately it also > gives a lot more data than that which I don't need. > > So I thought of running the same query against the \_count endpoint but > there I received a > failure: "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[index\_test][0] ]; nested: > QueryParsingException[[index\_test] No query registered for [query]]; " > > Is there some other lightweight manner in which I can get just > "hits.total" without the added bloat of each matching doc? > > Thanks! > > - Pulkit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6d7827db-af6e-4f5e-a394-bfb09652be7a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6d7827db-af6e-4f5e-a394-bfb09652be7a%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![pulkitsinghal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pulkitsinghal/32/802_2.png) [@pulkitsinghal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pulkitsinghal)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/count-versus-search-api/15981/4 "2014-02-24T12:30:23Z")
Hey @David, since Luca had zeroed-in-on the issue, I'll skip providing the query this time. @Luca - Thanks! That was exactly the problem! Another thing that is inconsistent right now is that I can use date math against the \_search endpoint for filters but not against the \_count endpoint in 0.90: "lt" : "now", "gte" : "now-1w" versus: "lt" : "2014-02-24", "gte" : "2014-02-17" - Pulkit (646)-535-2357 Cofounder & CTO, ShoppinPal [https://linkedin.com/in/pulkitsinghal](https://linkedin.com/in/pulkitsinghal) [https://coderbits.com/pulkitsinghal](https://coderbits.com/pulkitsinghal) On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 1:38 AM, Luca Cavanna [cavannaluca@gmail.com](mailto:cavannaluca@gmail.com) wrote: > I guess you are still on 0.90, where the count request is slightly > different compared to a search request, as it contains the query without it > being wrapped into the query object: > > { > "term" : {"field":"value"} > } > > instead of > > { > "query" : { > "term" : {"field":"value"} > } > } > > Beware that we changed this in 1.0 to have consistency between count api > and search api. > > On Monday, February 24, 2014 4:51:43 AM UTC+1, pulkitsinghal wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have a bool query with a filter applied to it, which runs against the > > \_search endpoint successfully giving "hits.total" but unfortunately it also > > gives a lot more data than that which I don't need. > > > > So I thought of running the same query against the \_count endpoint but > > there I received a failure: "BroadcastShardOperationFailedException[[index\_test][0] > > ]; nested: QueryParsingException[[index\_test] No query registered for > > [query]]; " > > > > Is there some other lightweight manner in which I can get just > > "hits.total" without the added bloat of each matching doc? > > > > Thanks! > > > > - Pulkit > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6d7827db-af6e-4f5e-a394-bfb09652be7a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6d7827db-af6e-4f5e-a394-bfb09652be7a%40googlegroups.com) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CADA%3DEV807-Us2vVqcf8vbif-1Mxsx4rGtV8nn%3D0KyX\_tWJYLaA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CADA%3DEV807-Us2vVqcf8vbif-1Mxsx4rGtV8nn%3D0KyX_tWJYLaA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/count-versus-search-api/15981/5 "2017-07-06T01:47:51Z")