https://www.compilemymind.com/tags/rest/ Recent content in Rest on Compile My Mind Hugo en Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:55:00 +0200 https://www.compilemymind.com/posts/rest-graphql-pagination-offset-cursor-link-strategies/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:47:50 +0300 https://www.compilemymind.com/posts/rest-graphql-pagination-offset-cursor-link-strategies/ <p>Pagination is a consistency contract disguised as a performance feature. Splitting 100,000 records into pages is easy; defining what “the next page” means while records are inserted, deleted, or reordered is the real design work.</p> <p>Choose a strategy from the user experience and data model:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Offset</strong> for simple, bounded, mostly stable lists and direct page numbers.</li> <li><strong>Cursor/keyset</strong> for large or rapidly changing ordered feeds.</li> <li><strong>Links</strong> to make navigation discoverable and decouple clients from URL construction.</li> <li><strong>GraphQL connections</strong> when the schema should expose edges, cursors, and page metadata consistently.</li> </ul> <p><figure> <img src="https://www.compilemymind.com/posts/rest-graphql-pagination-offset-cursor-link-strategies/concept-flow.svg" alt="Pagination comparison showing offset drift, a stable composite cursor, and link-based navigation" width="1200" height="720" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </figure></p>