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# Get Vector Count

Get the number of vectors stored in an encrypted index.

## Authentication

Required - API key via `X-API-Key` header:

```http theme={null}
X-API-Key: cyborg_your_api_key_here
```

You can get an API key from the [CyborgDB Admin Dashboard](https://cyborgdb.co). For more info, follow [this guide](../../../intro/get-api-key).

## Request Body

```json theme={null}
{
  "index_name": "my_index",
  "index_key": "64_character_hex_string_representing_32_bytes"
}
```

<Expandable title="parameters">
  <ParamField body="index_name" type="string" required="true">
    Name of the index to count vectors for
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField body="index_key" type="string">
    32-byte encryption key as a hex string. Required for indexes created with the SDK-supplied KEK path; omit for KMS-backed indexes (the service resolves the key via the stored KMSBlob).
  </ParamField>
</Expandable>

## Response

```json theme={null}
{
  "result": 1500
}
```

<Expandable title="response fields">
  <ResponseField name="result" type="integer">
    Total number of vectors stored in the index
  </ResponseField>
</Expandable>

## Exceptions

* `401`: Authentication failed (invalid API key) **or** wrong `index_key` on SDK-supplied indexes — see [error model](../introduction#error-model-api-keys-index-keys-and-kms)
* `404`: Index not found
* `422`: Invalid request parameters
* `500`: Internal server error

## Example Usage

```bash theme={null}
# Get vector count
count=$(curl -s -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/vectors/num_vectors" \
     -H "X-API-Key: cyborg_your_api_key_here" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "index_name": "my_index",
       "index_key": "your_64_character_hex_key_here"
     }' | jq -r '.result')

echo "Index contains $count vectors"
```