A count request executes a query and returns a count of the number of matching documents for that query. It can be executed across one or more indices. The query can be omitted for a total count across the indexes.
To count all documents in an index regardless of type, we can do this.
client.execute {
count("places")
}We can do multiple indexes at once.
client.execute {
count(Seq("places", "movies"))
}We can include a query to narrow down the results.
client.execute {
count("places").query(termQuery("borough", "westminster"))
}There are multiple options on count, such as expand wilcards, ignore throttled, and so on. See the official docs for a full list.