How to get a distinct count with sequelize?

The Sequelize documentation on count links to a count method that doesn't let you specify which column to get the count of distinct values:

Model.prototype.count = function(options) {
  options = Utils._.clone(options || {});
  conformOptions(options, this);
  Model.$injectScope(this.$scope, options);
  var col = '*';
  if (options.include) {
    col = this.name + '.' + this.primaryKeyField;
    expandIncludeAll.call(this, options);
    validateIncludedElements.call(this, options);
  }
  Utils.mapOptionFieldNames(options, this);
  options.plain = options.group ? false : true;
  options.dataType = new DataTypes.INTEGER();
  options.includeIgnoreAttributes = false;
  options.limit = null;
  options.offset = null;
  options.order = null;
  return this.aggregate(col, 'count', options);
};

Basically SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(*)) or SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(primaryKey)) if you've got a primary key defined.

To do the Sequelize equivalent of SELECT category, COUNT(DISTINCT(product)) as 'countOfProducts' GROUP BY category, you'd do:

model.findAll({
  attributes: [
    'category',
    [Sequelize.literal('COUNT(DISTINCT(product))'), 'countOfProducts']
  ],
  group: 'category'
})

Looks like this is now supported in Sequelize versions 1.7.0+.

the count and findAndCountAll methods of a model will give you 'real' or 'distinct' count of your parent model.

UPDATE: New version

There are now separate distinct and col options. The docs for distinct state:

Apply COUNT(DISTINCT(col)) on primary key or on options.col.

You want something along the lines of:

MyModel.count({
  include: ...,
  where: ...,
  distinct: true,
  col: 'Product.id'
})
.then(function(count) {
    // count is an integer
});

Original Post

(As mentioned in the comments, things have changed since my original post, so you probably want to ignore this part.)

After looking at Model.count method in lib/model.js, and tracing some code, I found that when using Model.count, you can just add any kind of aggregate function arguments supported by MYSQL to your options object. The following code will give you the amount of different values in MyModel's someColumn:

MyModel.count({distinct: 'someColumn', where: {...}})
.then(function(count) {
    // count is an integer
});

That code effectively generates a query of this kind: SELECT COUNT(args) FROM MyModel WHERE ..., where args are all properties in the options object that are not reserved (such as DISTINCT, LIMIT and so on).