How to paginate in API routes ? | Next.js | Page 1

sullen cloak Jun 22, 2024, 7:56 AM

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I wrote a request and it returns a lot of data, so I want to make the pagination function and use it for both mobile side and web side .

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sullen cloak Jun 22, 2024, 7:57 AM

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How to paginate in API routes ?

earnest herald Jun 22, 2024, 8:17 AM

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sullen cloak I wrote a request and it returns a lot of data, so I want to make the pagination...

you can use for example searchParams so enter a specific page or use a pagination token. Use that, what suite more your case. Then read the searchparams inside your route handler and return only a bunch of data for the specific page/pagination token

earnest herald Jun 23, 2024, 5:07 PM

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@sullen cloak solved?

sullen cloak Jun 23, 2024, 5:31 PM

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earnest herald <@277395588289396737> solved?

I guess I'm still looking.

earnest herald Jun 23, 2024, 5:35 PM

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sullen cloak I guess I'm still looking.

I guess there won't be a second answer :/

sullen cloak Jun 23, 2024, 5:37 PM

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earnest herald I guess there won't be a second answer :/

I actually use firestore, as far as I know it had such a feature.

earnest herald Jun 23, 2024, 5:42 PM

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sullen cloak I actually use firestore, as far as I know it had such a feature.

normally a backend should have these kind of features yea...

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But you need to build the stuff around it. And that's this part: #1253982030123761715 message

cerulean dome Jun 23, 2024, 5:42 PM

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sullen cloak I actually use firestore, as far as I know it had such a feature.

use startAfter and limit then

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but searchParams/state is still needed to track displayed data

sullen cloak Jun 23, 2024, 5:45 PM

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earnest herald normally a backend should have these kind of features yea...

but in this case I would have built a proxy, that's why I use the api routes in the next js project to access both mobile and web

earnest herald Jun 23, 2024, 5:48 PM

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sullen cloak but in this case I would have built a proxy, that's why I use the api routes in ...

I thought firebase is your backend? And you backend should be somehow accessable. Normally though api endpoints. And these api endpoints exists from your provider (firebase)

sullen cloak Jun 23, 2024, 5:51 PM

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earnest herald I thought firebase is your backend? And you backend should be somehow accessable...

I actually define api routes in next js and forward the data to firebase and I will write the exact same process for the mobile version, in short, I do not have a common backend api route

#How to paginate in API routes ?