src/api/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from flask_restx import Api
 from .search import api as searchNamespace
 from .get import api as getNamespace
+from .util import api as utilNamespace
 
 api = Api(
         title='Memes',
@@ -10,3 +11,4 @@ api = Api(
 
 api.add_namespace(searchNamespace)
 api.add_namespace(getNamespace)
+api.add_namespace(utilNamespace)

src/api/util.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from flask_restx import Namespace, Resource, fields
+from flask_restx import reqparse
+from api.clientGetter import getClientSafely
+import logging
+
+# Exported namespace
+api = Namespace('util', description='Misc Utilities')
+
+@api.route('/count')
+@api.doc(description="Get number of memes in store")
+class getCount(Resource):
+    def get(self):
+        client = getClientSafely()
+        if client is None:
+            return  {
+                    "message": "Error connecting to S3"
+                }, 500
+
+        return {
+                "count" : len(client.getCurrentMemeList())
+            }, 200
+