diff --git a/ProjetProgWeb/api.php b/ProjetProgWeb/api.php
index cc8d522..2c091d3 100644
--- a/ProjetProgWeb/api.php
+++ b/ProjetProgWeb/api.php
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ if (strlen($author_name) < 3) {
 
 $json_object = match ($q) {
     "theses" => dump::getTheseByAuthor($author_name),
-    "authors" => dump::getAuthorsByAuthors($author_name),
+    "authors" => dump::getAuthorsByAuthor($author_name),
+    "authorsCount" => dump::getAuthorsCountByAuthor($author_name),
     default => NULL,
 };
 
 $json = json_encode(array(
     "status" => 200,
-    "message" => "Results : " . count($json_object), "data" => $json_object
+    "message" => "Success", "data" => $json_object
     ),JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
 
 print_r($json);
diff --git a/ProjetProgWeb/class/dump.php b/ProjetProgWeb/class/dump.php
index f7d791b..7d7d988 100644
--- a/ProjetProgWeb/class/dump.php
+++ b/ProjetProgWeb/class/dump.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class dump {
         return $theses_array;
     }
 
-    public static function getAuthorsByAuthors(mixed $author_name) : array {
+    public static function getAuthorsByAuthor(string $author_name) : array {
         $array = [];
 
         $author_name = '%' . $author_name . '%';
@@ -61,6 +61,23 @@ class dump {
         return $array;
     }
 
+    public static function getAuthorsCountByAuthor(string $author_name) : int {
+        $author_name = '%' . $author_name . '%';
+
+        $pdo_obj = new conf();
+        $pdo = $pdo_obj->getPDO();
+
+        $stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT COUNT(author) FROM theses WHERE author LIKE :author_name;");
+        $stmt->bindParam(':author_name', $author_name, PDO::PARAM_STR, 100);
+        $stmt->execute();
+
+        while ($obj = $stmt->fetchObject()) {
+            foreach ($obj as $elem) {
+                return $elem;
+            }
+        } return 0;
+    }
+
     public function sendThese($pdo) {
         $data = [
             'author' => $this->these->getAuthor(),