Is there a Socrata API method for counting rows of a dataset?

Question

Is there a quick way to get the number of rows in a dataset?

The best idea I can come up with is to perform binary probing using $ limit and $ offset, or maybe some hybrid of binary sensing and finally fetch one column in the $ limit / $ offset window when the size is known, for example, about 100.

(I checked the HTTP headers ... no joy.)

Answer 1

- COUNT (*) . , :
https://data.seattle.gov/City-Business/Sold-Fleet-Equipment/y6ef-jf2w

SODA:
https://data.seattle.gov/resource/y6ef-jf2w.json? $select = count (*)