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.

Backendless.Files.getFileCount(path, pattern, sub, countDirectories)
  .then((filesCount) => {
    console.log('Count: ', filesCount)
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.log('Error', error)
  })

where:

Argument	Description
`path`	String value. A path of a directory in the Backendless files storage starting with /
`pattern`	String value. 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.
`sub`	Boolean value. If set to `true`, recursively count matching files in all subdirectories.
`countDirectories`	if set to `true`, count directories in addition to files.

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.

Example¶

var path = "web";
var pattern = "*.html";
var recursive = true;
var countDirectories = true;
Backendless.Files.getFileCount( path, pattern, recursive, countDirectories )
   .then((filesCount) => {
     console.log( 'Found .html files: ', filesCount );
   })
   .catch((error) => {
   });

Codeless Reference¶

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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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