Collection Exists

{
  "username" : "root",
  "password" : "root",
  "q" : "collection-exists",
  "p" : {
    "ds" : "datastore1",
    "c" : "collection1"
  }
}

Checks if the collection datastore1.collection1 is present in the database. The user needs to be authorised to access the specified datastore for executing this operation. Access to the specified collection is not required.

Response Structure

{
  "ack" : "1",
  "time" : 1000,
  "p" : {
    "exists" : true
  }
}

A value of true for the exists key in the response payload indicates that the checked collection is present within the datastore. A value of false confirms that the collection is not existent.