---
title: "Count content matching a Lucene query"
method: GET
path: "/api/content/indexcount/{query}"
tags: ["Content Delivery"]
---

# Count content matching a Lucene query

`GET /api/content/indexcount/{query}`

Performs an index count using the specified Lucene query and returns the total number of matching contentlets as a plain text string.

## Path parameters

- `query` string, required

## Query parameters

- `type` string
- `callback` string

## Response `200`

Count of matching contentlets returned successfully

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid query syntax
- `401` — Unauthorized access
- `403` — Forbidden - insufficient permissions
- `500` — Internal server error during count operation

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