With is code I can get the number of documents in an azure search service index. credential = DefaultAzureCredential() search_client = SearchClient(endpoint, index_name, credential) document_count = search_client.get_document_count() this index_stats = search_client.get_index_statistics() fails with SearchClient' object has no attribute 'get_index_statistics' despite it is mentioned in the documentation as pointed out in the answers. There might be way to get this information by service statitics api. Is the a way to get the total size of a search service index with python for RBAC controlled search services? Continue reading...