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API Pagination Performance Tuning

Speed up paginated APIs

Improving paginated APIs uses keyset/cursor pagination for large tables, covering indexes on sort/filter fields, bounded page sizes, and avoiding SELECT * to keep responses fast and stable.

Choose Cursor

Prefer keyset/cursor for large/real-time data; keep stable order.

Index

Index sort/filter columns; avoid OFFSET scans; limit columns.

Bound Size

Enforce reasonable page sizes; document limits.

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