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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
	}
]
```