Rest API - Pagination Patterns
You have an API that returns user comments with cursor-based pagination. You want to fetch all comments but the API limits each response to 5 items. How should you implement fetching all comments?
You have an API that returns user comments with cursor-based pagination. You want to fetch all comments but the API limits each response to 5 items. How should you implement fetching all comments?
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Step-by-Step Solution
Solution:
Step 1: Understand API limit and cursor usage
The API limits responses to 5 items and provides a cursor for next page.Step 2: Implement loop to fetch all pages
Use the cursor from each response to request the next page repeatedly until next_cursor is null.Final Answer:
Repeatedly request pages using the returned cursor until next_cursor is null -> Option AQuick Check:
Fetch all pages by looping with cursor until null [OK]
Quick Trick: Loop requests with cursor until next_cursor is null to get all data [OK]
Common Mistakes:
MISTAKES- Trying to get all data in one request ignoring limit
- Switching to offset pagination unnecessarily
- Ignoring cursor and fetching only first page
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