---
title: "Entity collection"
slug: "entity-collection"
abstract: "Example of an entity collection object."
---
# Entity collection

An Entity Collection Object is a [Collection Object](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/developers/cloud-dev/collection.html "Collection") containing zero or more [Entity Objects](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/developers/cloud-dev/entity.html "Entity"). It contains no additional properties.

## Example

```json
{
  "items":[
    {
      "id":1,
      "properties":{
        "Property1":"Hello, World!",
        "Property2":42
      },
      "relations":{},
      "self":{href:"http://<hostname>/api/entities/1"},
      "entitydefinition":{
        "href":"http://<hostname>/api/entitydefinitions/name"
      }
    },
    ...
  ],
  "total_items":38,
  "returned_items":25,
  "self":{
    "href":"http://<hostname>/api/entities"
  },
  "next":{
    "href":"http://<hostname>/api/entities?skip=25"
  }
}

```