Get Files Count¶

This operation returns the number of files and optionally directories located in the specified path. Additional options include:

pattern filtering - counts files and directories which match the pattern.
recursive counting - when enabled, counts all matching files and directories while recursively traversing the directory structure.

Future<int> Backendless.files.getFileCount(String path, [String pattern, bool recursive, bool countDirectories]);

where:

Argument	Description
`path`	Path of a directory in the Backendless files storage starting with /
`pattern`	A pattern which the counted files and optionally directories (if the recursive parameter is set to `true`) must match. Backendless supports two formats for pattern: glob and regular expressions. You can specify the pattern matching format to use with a prefix as shown below: `glob:profilepic*.png` or `regex:pic[0-9]\.png`. If the prefix format is not specified, Backendless treats the pattern as glob.
`recursive`	If set to true, recursively count matching files in all subdirectories.
`countDirectories`	If set to true, count directories in addition to files.

Backendless.files.getFileCount("/web", "*.html", true).then((count) {
  print("File count: $count");
});

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where:

Argument	Description
`path`	A path identifying a directory where files and folders must be counted. The path must start with the root directory of the remote file storage.
`pattern`	A pattern which the counted files and optionally directories (if the recursive parameter is set to `true`) must match. Backendless supports two formats for pattern: glob and regular expressions. You can specify the pattern matching format to use with a prefix as shown below: `glob:profilepic*.png` or `regex:pic[0-9]\.png`. If the prefix format is not specified, Backendless treats the pattern as glob.
`recursive`	If set to `true`, recursively counts files in all subdirectories.
`count directories`	If set to `true`, counts directories in addition to files.

Returns the number of files and/or directories in the specified path.

Consider the following files stored in the days directory:

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The example below counts the number of files in the "days" directory.

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The result of this operation will look as shown below after the Codeless logic runs:

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