Fetchcount

Fetchcount is a term used in software development to denote a value associated with retrieving data from a source. In general, it refers to the number of items that have been fetched or are requested to be fetched during a data retrieval operation. The exact meaning varies by context, and fetchcount is not a universally standardized concept.

In API clients, fetchcount often relates to pagination or batch sizing. It may be exposed as a parameter to control how many items to fetch, or as a field in responses indicating how many items were returned in the current batch. In streaming or cursor-based interfaces, fetchcount can track the total items consumed across multiple fetches.

Because there is no single standard, different libraries use different names such as itemCount, rowCount, or fetchedRows for similar ideas. Fetchcount should not be assumed to equal the total number of available items on the server; that total is usually conveyed by separate metadata.

Examples include a REST API returning an object with items and a fetchcount field that equals the number of items in the current response, or a database client exposing a fetchcount that increments with each retrieved row. Documentation should clarify how fetchcount is computed and how it relates to limits, offsets, and total results.