GetCardinality
Returns the approximate count of unique values that match the query.
Requires permission to access the GetCardinality action.
Request Syntax
POST /indices/cardinality HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json
{
   "aggregationField": "string",
   "indexName": "string",
   "queryString": "string",
   "queryVersion": "string"
}URI Request Parameters
The request does not use any URI parameters.
Request Body
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
- aggregationField
- 
               The field to aggregate. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Required: No 
- indexName
- 
               The name of the index to search. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128. Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+Required: No 
- queryString
- 
               The search query string. Type: String Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Required: Yes 
- queryVersion
- 
               The query version. Type: String Required: No 
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json
{
   "cardinality": number
}Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
- cardinality
- 
               The approximate count of unique values that match the query. Type: Integer 
Errors
- IndexNotReadyException
- 
               The index is not ready. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 400 
- InternalFailureException
- 
               An unexpected error has occurred. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 500 
- InvalidAggregationException
- 
               The aggregation is invalid. HTTP Status Code: 400 
- InvalidQueryException
- 
               The query is invalid. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 400 
- InvalidRequestException
- 
               The request is not valid. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 400 
- ResourceNotFoundException
- 
               The specified resource does not exist. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 404 
- ServiceUnavailableException
- 
               The service is temporarily unavailable. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 503 
- ThrottlingException
- 
               The rate exceeds the limit. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 400 
- UnauthorizedException
- 
               You are not authorized to perform this operation. - message
- 
                        The message for the exception. 
 HTTP Status Code: 401 
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: