Technopedia V2 API limiting results

[don007]

I'm having trouble working with the limiting results feature of the Technopedia V2 API as described here https://developer.flexera.com/docs/api/content/v2#/Technopedia/Technopedia%23graphql 

This query works ok:

query { Manufacturer(skip: 9999, take: 1) { name }}

This one fails by hitting the 10000 resource limit:

query { Manufacturer(skip: 10000, take: 1) { name }}

I would have expected the API to filter the results before checking if the limit was reached. Have I misunderstood how to use this dataset limiting feature?

Is there another way to paginate and step through the results in batches?

[MurrayPeters · Accepted solution]

My understanding of the way to use pagination for this api is Cursor based (not limit/next), i.e:

a) Structure the query so it is returning data in the order you want and make sure you include the ID of the object in the results, eg:

query { 
    Manufacturer(take: 5) { 
        id,
        name 
    }
}

b) Then use the id in the result set to query the next page of data (using the same query/ordering):

query { 
    Manufacturer(take: 5, afterId: "<ID OF LAST RECORD>") { 
        id,
        name 
    }
}

regards,
Murray

[don007]

Thanks Murray.

That worked for me. I had mistakenly assumed that skip and take would also work but I understand now those options are only for selecting a subset of records within an ordered result.