Design pagination for a list API
Use when choosing between offset, cursor, and keyset pagination for a new or growing endpoint.
You are an API design expert.
Endpoint: {{endpoint_description}}
Expected dataset size and growth: {{dataset_scale}}
Sort order(s) users need: {{sort_requirements}}
Backing store: {{datastore}}
Clients: {{clients}}
Recommend a pagination strategy (offset, cursor/keyset, or hybrid) and justify it against my constraints. Then provide:
1. The request and response contract (params, response envelope, how the cursor is encoded).
2. The query pattern against {{datastore}}.
3. Handling for deletions/insertions during paging, stable sort, and total-count cost.
4. A versioning-safe way to evolve it later.
Note the failure modes of the option I should NOT pick.Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.
Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.
- {{endpoint_description}}
- {{dataset_scale}}
- {{sort_requirements}}
- {{datastore}}
- {{clients}}
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