count

Retrieve the total number of documents in a MongoDB collection, with an optional query parameter to filter and count specific documents based on defined criteria.

Instructions

Gets the number of documents in a MongoDB collection using db.collection.count() and query as an optional filter parameter

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`collection`	Yes	Collection name
`database`	Yes	Database name
`query`	No	A filter/query parameter. Allows users to filter the documents to count. Matches the syntax of the filter argument of db.collection.count().

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "collection": {
      "description": "Collection name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "database": {
      "description": "Database name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
      "additionalProperties": true,
      "description": "A filter/query parameter. Allows users to filter the documents to count. Matches the syntax of the filter argument of db.collection.count().",
      "properties": {},
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "database",
    "collection"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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Input Schema (JSON Schema)

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