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# Viewing Paginated List Resources

The REST API only returns 500 results per request. Because of this feature, with certain resources, you can use the start-index parameter and previous-page and next-page elements to work with large amounts of data.

For example, the following request is submitted to the API:

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The response looks like this:

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Note the presence of the previous-page and next-page URIs, which allow moving within the pages of results.

### Viewing Results from a Specified Point

Use the start-index parameter to view results from a specified point in a list. The first record in a list is index 0, and you can use values that are positive, whole numbers. If the value specified is greater than the number of results available from a resource, the system returns an empty list.

### Configuring the Maximum Number of Requests

By default, the REST API only returns 500 results per request. To change the default number, contact the Illumina Support Team.


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