AI engineering glossary · Web APIs HTTP
What is API pagination?
API pagination: Splitting a large result into smaller pages that a client fetches one at a time, so responses stay fast and small. APIs use page numbers, offsets or cursors, and return metadata pointing to the next page.
API pagination: an example
GET /items?limit=50&page=3 returns items 101 to 150.
Related terms
More Web APIs HTTP terms
- API versioning
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Authorization code flow
- Basic authentication
- Bearer token
- Cache-Control
- Caching
Where you learn it
API pagination is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.