# How to get quantity number of my entries

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If you send a request to `example.com/api/collections/get/elements?token=xxtokenxx`, the response should look like this:

```json
{
"fields": {...},
"entries": [...],
"total": 5
}

```

The `total` is your count.

If you want a smaller size of the response, use the fields filter, so the entries object only contains the `_id`.

If you want a rest api endpoint, that only counts, you have to create your own:

`/config/api/collections/count/elements.php`:

```php
<?php
// check filters
$options = [];
return ['total' => cockpit('collections')->count('elements', $options)];

```

Have a look at the RestApi controller to see how the core filtering works:

> <https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/blob/next/modules/Collections/Controller/RestApi.php#L19>

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