> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.telnyx.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Count connections > Returns the number of connections associated with the authenticated user, grouped by connection type, together with the connection limits that apply to the user. Forward-only connections are excluded from the counts. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/source/external/connections/connections.json get /connections/count openapi: 3.1.0 info: version: 2.0.0 x-latency-category: responsive x-endpoint-cost: light title: Telnyx API description: SIP trunking, SMS, MMS, Call Control and Telephony Data Services. contact: email: support@telnyx.com servers: - url: https://api.telnyx.com/v2 description: Version 2.0.0 of the Telnyx API security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Connections description: Connections operations - name: IP Connections description: IP connection operations - name: Credential Connections description: Credential connection operations - name: UAC Connections description: UAC connection operations - name: IPs description: IP operations - name: FQDN Connections description: FQDN connection operations - name: FQDNs description: FQDN operations paths: /connections/count: get: tags: - Connections summary: Count connections description: >- Returns the number of connections associated with the authenticated user, grouped by connection type, together with the connection limits that apply to the user. Forward-only connections are excluded from the counts. operationId: CountConnections responses: '200': description: Successful response with connection counts and limits. content: application/json: schema: type: object title: Connections Count Response required: - data properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConnectionsCount' example: data: record_type: connections_count counts: ip_connections: 12 credential_connections: 5 uac_connections: 0 fqdn_connections: 3 call_control_applications: 2 texml_applications: 1 third_party_provider_connections: 0 external_connections: 1 fax_connections: 0 mobile_voice_connections: 0 microsoft_teams_sbc_connections: 0 zoom_sbc_connections: 0 operator_connect_connections: 0 limits: global_limit: 10000 '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthenticatedResponse' components: schemas: ConnectionsCount: title: Connections Count type: object required: - record_type - counts - limits properties: record_type: type: string description: Identifies the type of the resource. example: connections_count counts: type: object description: >- Counts of the authenticated user's connections, grouped by connection type. Forward-only connections are excluded. required: - ip_connections - credential_connections - uac_connections - fqdn_connections - call_control_applications - texml_applications - third_party_provider_connections - external_connections - fax_connections - mobile_voice_connections - microsoft_teams_sbc_connections - zoom_sbc_connections - operator_connect_connections properties: ip_connections: type: integer description: Number of IP connections. credential_connections: type: integer description: Number of credential connections. uac_connections: type: integer description: Number of UAC connections. fqdn_connections: type: integer description: Number of FQDN connections. call_control_applications: type: integer description: Number of Call Control applications. texml_applications: type: integer description: Number of TeXML applications. third_party_provider_connections: type: integer description: Number of third-party provider connections. external_connections: type: integer description: Number of external connections. fax_connections: type: integer description: Number of Fax applications. mobile_voice_connections: type: integer description: Number of mobile voice (IMS) connections. microsoft_teams_sbc_connections: type: integer description: Number of Microsoft Teams SBC (direct routing) connections. zoom_sbc_connections: type: integer description: Number of Zoom SBC connections. operator_connect_connections: type: integer description: Number of Microsoft Operator Connect connections. limits: type: object description: >- Connection limits that apply to the user. Contains a single global_limit when a global connection limit applies, or per-type limits (standard_limit, texml_limit and uac_limit) when the user has per-type connection count capabilities. oneOf: - title: Global Connection Limit type: object additionalProperties: false required: - global_limit properties: global_limit: type: integer description: >- Maximum total number of connections allowed, when a global limit applies. example: 10000 - title: Per-type Connection Limits type: object additionalProperties: false required: - standard_limit - texml_limit - uac_limit properties: standard_limit: type: integer description: >- Maximum number of standard connections allowed, when per-type limits apply. texml_limit: type: integer description: >- Maximum number of TeXML applications allowed, when per-type limits apply. uac_limit: type: integer description: >- Maximum number of UAC connections allowed, when per-type limits apply. ErrorResponse: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string detail: type: string meta: type: object properties: url: type: string format: uri title: type: string source: type: object properties: pointer: type: string responses: UnauthenticatedResponse: description: Unauthorized content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: Authentication Failed: value: errors: - code: '10009' title: Authentication failed detail: Could not understand the provided credentials. meta: url: https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/overview/errors/10009 securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer ````