---
title: "CapturePreview"
description: "what a capture would send: bytes by kind, network events kept and dropped, redactions by kind, the neighbourhood's size, the cells credited and what the plan meters"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/capturepreview
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# CapturePreview

what a capture would send: bytes by kind, network events kept and dropped, redactions by kind, the neighbourhood's size, the cells credited and what the plan meters

[figure: CapturePreview is a view at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | view |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | sources |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `scope` | `one of this item \| this thread \| this channel as shown \| this page \| this meeting \| my outbound message` | yes |  |
| `bytes_by_kind` | `json` | yes | document, network events, selection, image |
| `events_kept` | `count` | yes |  |
| `events_dropped` | `count` | yes |  |
| `redactions_by_kind` | `json` | yes |  |
| `items` | `count` | yes |  |
| `people` | `count` | yes |  |
| `cells` | `[id]` | yes |  |
| `metered` | [MeteredUsage](/concepts/meteredusage) | yes | what the plan would count |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns CapturePreview directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.