Pagination and Rate Limits in API Calls
Learn how to handle large API result sets with pagination and how to respect rate limits, so your automations fetch complete data reliably without getting blocked.
When One Call Is Not Enough
APIs rarely return thousands of records in a single response. Instead they split results into pages. If your workflow only reads the first response, it silently misses most of the data.
Handling pagination ensures you retrieve everything.
What Is Pagination?
Pagination is breaking a large result set into smaller chunks called pages. Each API call returns one page, plus a hint about how to get the next one.
Your workflow loops, requesting pages until there are no more.
All lessons in this course
- Understanding Webhooks for Automation
- Making API Calls in Workflows
- Parsing JSON and XML Responses
- Pagination and Rate Limits in API Calls