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:

The response looks like this:

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.