API Design · Junior · Question 30 of 75

How can an API tell clients there are more pages?

✓Correct answer: Return a nextCursor (or next link) in the body or a Link header with rel="next"
2Return status 206 for every page
3Clients should keep requesting until they get a 404

Explanation

The Link header is defined in RFC 8288; GitHub's API uses it for pagination.

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