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Get number of items returned by the previous node
To get the number of items returned by the previous node:
=== "JavaScript"
```js
if (Object.keys(items[0].json).length === 0) {
return [
{
json: {
results: 0,
}
}
]
}
return [
{
json: {
results: items.length,
}
}
];
```
The output will be similar to the following.
```json
[
{
"results": 8
}
]
```
=== "Python"
python if len(items[0].json) == 0: return [ { "json": { "results": 0, } } ] else: return [ { "json": { "results": items.length, } } ]
The output will be similar to the following.
```json
[
{
"results": 8
}
]
```