# Get count

Information note**LOCKED.**   
  
This API is extremely reliable and will not be broken unless absolutely necessary.

## Method

GET

## Path

/qrs/[type]/count?filter={filter}

## Description

Get the number of entities of a specific `[type]`. Optionally, filter the entities before calculating the number of entities.

## Body

-

## Return value

`int`

## Optional parameters

* `{filter}`: See [Filtering](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2026/Subsystems/RepositoryServiceAPI/Content/Sense_RepositoryServiceAPI/RepositoryServiceAPI-Filtering.htm).