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Limit/Offset

you have response with { total: number }(number of all elements) and request with { limit: number, offset: number }(how many per page, offset from start)

pros:

  • easy to make back/forward tables on front-end cons:
  • unoptimized on DB side
  • hard to scale

PageToken(NextPageToken)

you have response with { next_page_token }(beginning of next part of data) and request with { page_token }(sets beginning of next part of data)

pros:

  • infinitely scalable on back-end
  • lightweight for DB cons:
  • harder to deal with on front-end
  • possibility of corner cases
  • token should be encrypted with custom algorithm for safety