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# CountCategories

# Package: services

# Namespace: CategoriesService

# Method link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/bookings/services/categories-v2/count-categories.md

## Permission Scopes:
Read Bookings - Public Data: SCOPE.DC-BOOKINGS.READ-BOOKINGS-PUBLIC

## Introduction

Counts categories, given the specified filtering.


See [Query Categories](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/bookings/services/categories-v2/query-categories.md) for a list of supported filters.

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## REST API

### Schema

```
 Method: countCategories
 Description: Counts categories, given the specified filtering.   See [Query Categories](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/bookings/services/categories-v2/query-categories.md) for a list of supported filters.
 URL: https://www.wixapis.com/bookings/v2/categories/count
 Method: POST
 Method parameters:
   param name: filter | type: filter | description: Filter to base the count on. 
 Return type: CountCategoriesResponse
  - name: count | type: integer | description: Number of categories matching the filter. 


```

### Examples

### Count categories based on a filter
```curl
curl -X POST \
'https://www.wixapis.com/bookings/v2/categories/count' \
-H 'Authorization: <AUTH>' \
-d '{
  "filter": {
    "name": {
      "$startsWith": "Category 1"
    }
  }
}'
```

### // @Count categories based on a filter @description: Counts categories matching a name filter
import { categoriesV2 } from "@wix/bookings";

```curl
async function countCategories() {
  const response = await categoriesV2.countCategories({
    filter: {
      name: { $startsWith: "Category 1" },
    },
  });
  return response;
}
```

### Count all categories
```curl
curl -X POST \
'https://www.wixapis.com/bookings/v2/categories/count' \
-H 'Authorization: <AUTH>' \
-d '{}'
```

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## JavaScript SDK

### Schema

```
 Method: wixClientAdmin.services.CategoriesService.countCategories(options)
 Description: Counts categories, given the specified filtering.   See [Query Categories](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/bookings/services/categories-v2/query-categories.md) for a list of supported filters.
 Method parameters:
   param name: options | type: CountCategoriesOptions  none 
        - name: filter | type: object | description: Filter to base the count on. 
 Return type: PROMISE<CountCategoriesResponse>
  - name: count | type: integer | description: Number of categories matching the filter. 


```

### Examples

### countCategories
```javascript
import { categoriesV2 } from '@wix/bookings';

async function countCategories(options) {
  const response = await categoriesV2.countCategories(options);
};
```

### countCategories (with elevated permissions)
```javascript
import { categoriesV2 } from '@wix/bookings';
import { auth } from '@wix/essentials';

async function myCountCategoriesMethod(options) {
  const elevatedCountCategories = auth.elevate(categoriesV2.countCategories);
  const response = await elevatedCountCategories(options);
}
```

### countCategories (self-hosted)
Self-hosted SDK calls require you to [create a client](https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/articles/work-with-the-sdk/about-the-wix-client.md).

```javascript
import { createClient } from '@wix/sdk';
import { categoriesV2 } from '@wix/bookings';
// Import the auth strategy for the relevant access type
// Import the relevant host module if needed

const myWixClient = createClient ({
  modules: { categoriesV2 },
  // Include the auth strategy and host as relevant
});


async function countCategories(options) {
  const response = await myWixClient.categoriesV2.countCategories(options);
};
```

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