---
title: "Get table statistics"
method: POST
path: "/v1/table/{id}/stats"
tags: ["Table", "Metadata"]
---

# Get table statistics

`POST /v1/table/{id}/stats`

Get statistics for table `id`, including row counts, data sizes, and column statistics.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `delimiter` string

## Request body

- GetTableStatsRequest
  - `identity` Identity — Identity information of a request.
    - `api_key` string — API key for authentication. REST NAMESPACE ONLY This is passed via the `x-api-key` header.
    - `auth_token` string — Bearer token for authentication. REST NAMESPACE ONLY This is passed via the `Authorization` header with the Bearer scheme (e.g., `Bearer <token>`).
  - `context` unknown
  - `id` string[]
  - `branch` string — Branch to target. When not specified, the main branch is used.

## Response `200`

Table statistics

- GetTableStatsResponse
  - `context` unknown
  - `total_bytes` integer, required — The total number of bytes in the table
  - `num_rows` integer, required — The number of rows in the table
  - `num_indices` integer, required — The number of indices in the table
  - `fragment_stats` FragmentStats, required
    - `num_fragments` integer, required — The number of fragments in the table
    - `num_small_fragments` integer, required — The number of uncompacted fragments in the table
    - `lengths` FragmentSummary, required
      - `min` integer, required
      - `max` integer, required
      - `mean` integer, required
      - `p25` integer, required
      - `p50` integer, required
      - `p75` integer, required
      - `p99` integer, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Indicates a bad request error. It could be caused by an unexpected request body format or other forms of request validation failure, such as invalid json. Usually serves application/json content, although in some cases simple text/plain content might be returned by the server's middleware.
- `401` — Unauthorized. The request lacks valid authentication credentials for the operation.
- `403` — Forbidden. Authenticated user does not have the necessary permissions.
- `404` — A server-side problem that means can not find the specified resource.
- `503` — The service is not ready to handle the request. The client should wait and retry. The service may additionally send a Retry-After header to indicate when to retry.
- `5XX` — A server-side problem that might not be addressable from the client side. Used for server 5xx errors without more specific documentation in individual routes.

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