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Better Auth•2d ago
yoyojoe

Admin Users Count

Hi. I am currently trying to get just the count of admin users. My query looks like the following: 
// Admin count query - separate optimized query just for counting
    const { data: adminData } = useQuery<UsersResponse>({
        queryKey: ["users-admin-count"],
        queryFn: async () => {
            try {
                const data = await client.admin.listUsers(
                    {
                        query: {
                            limit: 1, // We only need the total count, not the actual users
                            filterField: "role",
                            filterOperator: "eq",
                            filterValue: "admin"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        throw: true,
                    },
                );
                return data as UsersResponse;
            } catch (error: any) {
                console.error("Failed to fetch admin count:", error);
                return { users: [], total: 0 } as UsersResponse;
            }
        },
        // Keep the count cached for longer since it doesn't change as frequently
        staleTime: 5 * 60 * 1000, // 5 minutes
    });
// Admin count query - separate optimized query just for counting
    const { data: adminData } = useQuery<UsersResponse>({
        queryKey: ["users-admin-count"],
        queryFn: async () => {
            try {
                const data = await client.admin.listUsers(
                    {
                        query: {
                            limit: 1, // We only need the total count, not the actual users
                            filterField: "role",
                            filterOperator: "eq",
                            filterValue: "admin"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        throw: true,
                    },
                );
                return data as UsersResponse;
            } catch (error: any) {
                console.error("Failed to fetch admin count:", error);
                return { users: [], total: 0 } as UsersResponse;
            }
        },
        // Keep the count cached for longer since it doesn't change as frequently
        staleTime: 5 * 60 * 1000, // 5 minutes
    });
but the response looks like the following although the docs state that the "total" in the meta data is the count after the filters: 
{
    "users": [
        {
            "id": "****",
            "name": "***",
            "email": "***",
            "emailVerified": ***,
            "image": "***",
            "createdAt": "****",
            "updatedAt": "****",
            "role": "admin",
            "banned": null,
            "banReason": null,
            "banExpires": null
        }
    ],
    "total": 6,
    "limit": 1
}
{
    "users": [
        {
            "id": "****",
            "name": "***",
            "email": "***",
            "emailVerified": ***,
            "image": "***",
            "createdAt": "****",
            "updatedAt": "****",
            "role": "admin",
            "banned": null,
            "banReason": null,
            "banExpires": null
        }
    ],
    "total": 6,
    "limit": 1
}
Any insight into this would be awesome.
6 Replies
yoyojoe
yoyojoeOP•2d ago
Here is a snip of the admin dashboard I am creating
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Lick A Brick
Lick A Brick•2d ago
What are you expecting as the output? You are querying users with the role 'admin', as per your response you have 6 users matching this filter? You are only seeing 1 user because you set the limit to 1. Limit != Filter.
yoyojoe
yoyojoeOP•2d ago
Whats up @Lick A Brick. I'm expecting the total to be equal to the number of users with the given filter criteria. I only have 1 admin user so I would expect "total":6 Right now its returning the total number of all users
Lick A Brick
Lick A Brick•2d ago
Hmm... the docs seem kinda confusing to me tbh. At https://www.better-auth.com/docs/plugins/admin#list-users it mentions the parameter filter which accepts an array of objects, but in the example it shows filterField, filterOperator and filterValue as seperate parameters. Should't it be filter: [{ field: "role", operator: "eq", value: "admin"}] what happens if you remove the limit: 1 does it return all 6 users or does it still only return the single admin user?
yoyojoe
yoyojoeOP•21h ago
Sorry. Just realized I didn’t respond. I did try this but got a type error. I looked into it further and filter isn’t a query option. I’m going to update and see if that changes anything
Netrifier
Netrifier•21h ago
Can you share which adapter you are using and its configuration?

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