---
title: "Check the existence of a collection"
method: GET
path: "/collections/{collection_name}/exists"
tags: ["Collections"]
---

# Check the existence of a collection

`GET /collections/{collection_name}/exists`

Returns "true" if the given collection name exists, and "false" otherwise

## Path parameters

- `collection_name` string, required

## Response `200`

successful operation

- object
  - `usage` union
    - Usage — Usage of the hardware resources, spent to process the request
      - `hardware` union
        - HardwareUsage — Usage of the hardware resources, spent to process the request
          - `cpu` integer, required
          - `payload_io_read` integer, required
          - `payload_io_write` integer, required
          - `payload_index_io_read` integer, required
          - `payload_index_io_write` integer, required
          - `vector_io_read` integer, required
          - `vector_io_write` integer, required
        - unknown
      - `inference` union
        - InferenceUsage
          - `models` object, required
        - unknown
    - unknown
  - `time` number, float — Time spent to process this request
  - `status` string
  - `result` CollectionExistence — State of existence of a collection, true = exists, false = does not exist
    - `exists` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `default` — error
- `4XX` — error

---

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