`.count()`

Get the total number of records matching the specified criteria.

usage

var numRecords = await Model.count(criteria);

#	Argument	Type	Details
1	criteria	((dictionary?))	The Waterline criteria to use for matching records in the database. Note that `count` queries do not support pagination using `skip` and `limit` or projections using `select`.

Type	Description
((number))	The number of records from your database that match the given criteria.

Name	Type	When?
UsageError	((Error))	Thrown if something invalid was passed in.
AdapterError	((Error))	Thrown if something went wrong in the database adapter.
Error	((Error))	Thrown if anything else unexpected happens.

See Concepts > Models and ORM > Errors for examples of negotiating errors in Sails and Waterline.

javascript

var total = await User.count({name:'Flynn'});
sails.log(`There ${total===1?'is':'are'} ${total} user${total===1?'':'s'} named "Flynn".`);

This method can be used with await, promise chaining, or traditional Node callbacks.