// Returns the total count of a particular type of resource
//
// resource - the arvados resource to count
// return
// count - the number of items of type resource the api server reports, if no error
// err - error accessing the resource, or nil if no error
func NumberItemsAvailable(client arvadosclient.ArvadosClient, resource string) (count int, err error) {
var response struct {
ItemsAvailable int `json:"items_available"`
}
sdkParams := arvadosclient.Dict{"limit": 0}
err = client.List(resource, sdkParams, &response)
if err == nil {
count = response.ItemsAvailable
}
return
}
