get count from oData enabled web api Get function

Question

i have an oData enabled classic REST web api controller with a Get function like

[EnableQuery()]
    public IQueryable<StoreCommand> Get()
    {
        return _storeCommandService.GetAllStoreCommands().AsQueryable();
    }

i need to understand how i can make a call to get only the count of records using some url

i tried

http://localhost:9910/api/storeCommandsrest?$count

but i get

Message: "The query parameter '$count' is not supported."

please note that i am using MongoDb that is returning IQueryable of collection.

Did you try with $count=true? Looks fine otherwise... – Lawrence McAlpin May 21 '15 at 20:11 — Lawrence McAlpin, May 21 '15 at 20:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '15 at 06:57

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If you want to get only the count, try

http://localhost:9910/api/storeCommandsrest/$count

answered May 25 '15 at 06:57

Yi Ding - MSFT

Thats what my question was, when i use $count i get "$count is not supported" – Raas Masood May 26 '15 at 01:32

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