How to retrieve meta data in collection

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How can I retrieve metadata such as the total number of items in a collection to use for pagination? The documentation mentions an meta query parameter, but there’s no example provided. When I try using it, the meta data doesn’t appear.

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Metadata is marked as deprecated

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Although REST request ?meta=total_count still working on my Directus v11.8.0, i guess you should use aggregate functions to query the total number of items.

REST
?aggregate[count]=*

SDK

import { createDirectus, rest, aggregate } from '@directus/sdk';

const client = createDirectus('https://directus.example.com').with(rest());

const result = await client.request(
	aggregate('articles', {
		aggregate: { count: '*' },
	})
);