---
title: "Gets the count of each descendant of a folder by kind. The folder is identified by UID."
method: GET
path: "/folders/{folder_uid}/counts"
tags: ["folders"]
deprecated: true
---

# Gets the count of each descendant of a folder by kind. The folder is identified by UID.

`GET /folders/{folder_uid}/counts`

## Request

- Base URL: `/api` (relative, and the document’s source URL is not known)
- URL: `/api/folders/{folder_uid}/counts`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in header `Authorization`

> **Deprecated.**

Use: /apis/folder.grafana.app/v1/namespaces/{ns}/folders/{folder_uid}

## Path parameters

- `folder_uid` string, required

## Response `200`

(empty)

- DescendantCounts

## Other responses

- `401`: UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
- `403`: ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
- `404`: NotFoundError is returned when the requested resource was not found.
- `500`: InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/grafana/apis/grafana-http-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/grafana/apis/grafana-http-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/grafana/apis/grafana-http-api/revisions/df55ba1718ba?raw)