Company
Date Published
Author
Jon Gitlin
Word count
1644
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The text discusses the importance of effectively utilizing API pagination to manage server load, deliver faster responses, and provide clients with the necessary data efficiently. It highlights best practices for both API providers and consumers, such as selecting appropriate pagination types based on data volume and frequency of changes, using suitable page sizes to balance information delivery and performance, and documenting pagination usage for API consumers. It also emphasizes testing for edge cases and understanding metadata to manage pagination effectively. Additionally, the text introduces Merge, a unified API solution that simplifies the integration process by providing a single API to manage customer integrations, thus reducing the complexity of dealing with different API providers' pagination approaches.