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Discussion on: Unlocking the Power of API Pagination: Best Practices and Strategies

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Pragati Verma

Thank you so much, I am glad that you liked this article. To answer your question in brief -

Cursor-based pagination uses pointers to navigate the dataset, while keyset pagination relies on the values of specific fields to determine the next set of results. Cursors are used for dynamic datasets, while keyset pagination is efficient for large datasets with stable sorting.