Home: get record count from CVE Services API (cve_count)

Author: rlxdev

src/views/Home.vue

@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ export default {
     return {
       cveRecordsTotal: 0,
       cveRecordsLoading: true,
-      cveRecordsRequestErrored: false,
-      legacyCveWebsiteLink: this.GenericGlobalsStore.legacyCveWebsiteLink
+      cveRecordsRequestErrored: false
     }
   },
   created() {
@@ -75,24 +74,23 @@ export default {
   },
   methods: {
     getCVERecordsCount() {
+      const countUrl = `${this.GenericGlobalsStore.currentServicesUrl}/api/cve_count`;
+
       axios
-        .get(`${import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL}cve-count.json`, { timeout: 30000 })
+        .get(countUrl)
         .then((res) => {
-          let count = parseInt(res.data.count, 10);
 
-          if ((typeof count === 'number') && !Number.isNaN(count)) {
-            this.cveRecordsRequestErrored = false;
+          // The API returns the record count as a Number value (not a string).
 
-            // As of March 2025, we’re reporting the CVE Record count rounded
-            // to the next lowest thousand, and reporting it as "over xxx"
-            // thousand records (a la McDonald's), instead of the actual count.
+          let count = res.data.totalCount;
 
-            count = Math.floor(count / 1000) * 1000;
-            this.cveRecordsTotal = count.toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ',');
-          } else {
-            this.cveRecordsRequestErrored = true;
-          }
-        })
+          // As of March 2025, we're reporting the CVE record count rounded
+          // to the next lowest thousand, and reporting it as "over xxx"
+          // thousand records (a la McDonald's), instead of the actual count.
+
+          count = Math.floor(count / 1000) * 1000;
+          this.cveRecordsTotal = count.toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ',');
+         })
         .catch(() => {
           this.cveRecordsRequestErrored = true;
         })