I am having problem with count()

[bachnou3i]

Hi all, I am trying to experiment with the library

I want to know the results number of a query:

try:
    works = works.query('urban water management governance').count()

except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error occurred: {str(e)}")

I am getting this error:

Error occurred: list indices must be integers or slices, not str

[fabiobatalha]

Can you give more context, the entire code if possible.

I'm doing exactly the same thing, and it works fine

Python 3.13.3 (main, Apr 22 2025, 00:00:00) [GCC 14.2.1 20250110 (Red Hat 14.2.1-7)]
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In [1]: from crossref.restful import Works
In [2]: works = Works()
In [3]: total = works.query('urban water management governance').count()
In [4]: total
Out[4]: 6206871

It is not a good practice to replace the instance of an object with one variable of the same name.

Try to put the result of the count method in a new variable, as for example : total.