#434

backend/app/controllers/counts_tables_controller.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 class CountsTablesController < ApplicationController
+  def definition
+    resolve_locale!
+    definition = CountsResourceDefinition.new(params[:resource])
+    render json: { fields: definition.metadata,
+                   axes: { latest: definition.axes(false), history: definition.axes(true) },
+                   grains: CountsAxes::GRAINS }
+  rescue ArgumentError
+    head :bad_request
+  end
+
   def index
     resolve_locale!
     render json: CountsTableQuery.new(request.query_parameters).call
+  rescue CountsTableQuery::TooManyColumns
+    render json: { error: 'too_many_columns', max_columns: CountsTableQuery::MAX_COLUMNS },
+           status: :unprocessable_entity
   rescue ArgumentError, TypeError, KeyError, JSON::ParserError
     head :bad_request
   end