---
title: "API_DoQueryCount"
slug: "api-doquerycount"
updated: 2025-08-18T09:11:15Z
published: 2025-08-18T09:11:15Z
canonical: "help.quickbase.com/api-doquerycount"
---

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# API_DoQueryCount

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## Overview

You invoke this call against a table dbid using a query string to determine the number of records that will be returned.

## Request parameters

| Parameter | Value | Required? |
| --- | --- | --- |
| query | The query string. See [API_DoQuery](/v1/docs/api-doquery) for information on building the query string. | yes |
| ticket | A valid authentication ticket. The authentication ticket is returned via the API_Authenticate call. | yes, one of: - ticket - username/password - user token |
| usertoken | The user token is an alternative means of authentication, used for API access. User tokens cannot be used to access the Quickbase UI. | yes, one of: - ticket - username/password - user token |
| apptoken | A valid application token. | yes, if the application requires application tokens |

## Response values

| Element Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| action | The originating request, for example, API_DoQueryCount. |
| errcode | Identifies the error code, if any. (See the [Error Codes appendix](/v1/docs/error-codes) for a list of possible error codes.) 0 indicates that no error was encountered. |
| errtext | Text that explains the error code. "No error" indicates that no error was encountered. |
| numMatches | The number of records matching the query string. |

## Sample XML Request

```xml
POST https://target_domain/db/target_dbid HTTP/1.0
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length:
QUICKBASE-ACTION: API_DoQueryCount

<qdbapi>
   <query>{'7'.XCT.'blue car'}</query>
   <ticket>auth_ticket</ticket>
   <apptoken>app_token</apptoken>
</qdbapi>
```

where *target_domain* is the domain against which you are invoking this call, for example, *quickbase.com*. [Read about this notation](/v1/docs/understanding-the-api-call-reference).

## Sample response

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<qdbapi>
   <action>API_DoQueryCount</action>
   <errcode>0</errcode>
   <errtext>No error</errtext>
   <numMatches>1</numMatches>
</qdbapi>
```