You want to fetch all items from an API that supports offset-based pagination with a limit of 25 per request. The total number of items is unknown. Which strategy is best to retrieve all items?

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Rest API - Pagination Patterns

AKeep increasing offset by 25 until the API returns fewer than 25 items

BRequest offset=0 and limit=all items at once

CUse offset=0 and increase limit by 25 each time

DRequest pages by incrementing a page number parameter

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Understand how to paginate unknown total items
Since total is unknown, keep fetching pages until fewer items than limit are returned.
Step 2: Explain why other options fail
Requesting all items at once may not be supported; increasing limit each time is invalid; page number is not used in offset pagination.
Final Answer:
Keep increasing offset by 25 until the API returns fewer than 25 items -> Option A
Quick Check:
Fetch pages until last page detected [OK]

Quick Trick: Stop when returned items < limit [OK]

Common Mistakes:

Requesting all items at once
Using page number with offset
Increasing limit instead of offset

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