The latest articles on DEV Community by Alejandro (@alejandrobovino). https://dev.to/alejandrobovino https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F865620%2F967e5cff-9bcb-4644-b4e2-b9d0ca30689c.jpg https://dev.to/alejandrobovino en Alejandro Sat, 26 Jul 2025 04:47:35 +0000 https://dev.to/alejandrobovino/skeleton-loading-with-dynamic-search-results-from-api-response-2cmm https://dev.to/alejandrobovino/skeleton-loading-with-dynamic-search-results-from-api-response-2cmm <p>When fetching data from API, the response has 20 items, a known number, but when you search or filter using web app user interface, you don’t know the amount of results that will come in the response.</p> <p>So how many skeleton cards you should show? For example: if you show 20 skeleton cards when loading (fetching data from API), and the response has 4 items, it seems a bit confusing to the user.</p> <p>Does anyone know a technique for displaying skeleton cards with dynamic search results (you don’t know the number of results that will come in the API response)?</p> nextjs