{
  "$schema": "../rpc-schema-draft.json",
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "added": "v23.11",
  "rpc": "datastoreusage",
  "title": "Command for listing datastore usage info",
  "description": [
    "The **datastoreusage** RPC command allows the caller to fetch the total bytes that are stored under a certain *key* (or from the root), including the size of the *key*.",
    "",
    "All descendants of the *key* (or root) are taken into account."
  ],
  "request": {
    "required": [],
    "properties": {
      "key": {
        "oneOf": [
          {
            "type": "array",
            "description": [
              "Key is an array of values (though a single value is treated as a one-element array). Used as the starting point to traverse the datastore."
            ],
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          {
            "type": "string"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "required": [
      "datastoreusage"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "datastoreusage": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "required": [
          "key",
          "total_bytes"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "key": {
            "type": "string",
            "added": "v23.11",
            "description": [
              "The key from which the database was traversed."
            ]
          },
          "total_bytes": {
            "type": "u64",
            "added": "v23.11",
            "description": [
              "The total bytes that are stored under the *key*, including the all descendants data and the size of the keys themselves."
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "author": [
    "Peter Neuroth <<pet.v.ne@gmail.com>> is mainly responsible."
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "lightning-datastore(7)",
    "lightning-deldatastore(7)",
    "lightning-listdatastore(7)"
  ],
  "resources": [
    "Main web site: <https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning>"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "request": {
        "id": "example:datastoreusage#1",
        "method": "datastoreusage",
        "params": {}
      },
      "response": {
        "datastoreusage": {
          "key": "[]",
          "total_bytes": 55
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "request": {
        "id": "example:datastoreusage#2",
        "method": "datastoreusage",
        "params": {
          "key": [
            "test",
            "name"
          ]
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "datastoreusage": {
          "key": "[test,name]",
          "total_bytes": 33
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "request": {
        "id": "example:datastoreusage#3",
        "method": "datastoreusage",
        "params": {
          "key": "otherkey"
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "datastoreusage": {
          "key": "[otherkey]",
          "total_bytes": 14
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}