How to Use Pagination with the Semble Public API

When working with large datasets, like retrieving a list of patients, it can be crucial to paginate the results to ensure performance and usability. Semble's GraphQL API supports pagination, allowing you to retrieve a specific subset of records at a time.

Step 1: Understanding the Pagination Parameters

The pagination is controlled by two main parameters:

• page: The page number you want to retrieve (starting from 1).
• pageSize: The number of items you want per page.

Here's how you can use these parameters:

patients(
  search: String
  pagination: { page: 2, pageSize: 10 }
  options: QueryOptions
): PatientData

Step 2: Querying a Specific Page

You can specify both the page and pageSize in your query to retrieve the exact subset of data you need.

Example Query:

query {
  patients(pagination: { page: 3, pageSize: 5 }) {
    data {
      id
      firstName
      lastName
    }
  }
}

Step 3: Handling the Result

The response will contain the data for the specified page and page size.

Example JSON Response:

{
  "data": {
    "patients": {
      "data": [
        {
          "id": "11",
          "firstName": "Alice",
          "lastName": "Johnson"
        },
        {
          "id": "12",
          "firstName": "Bob",
          "lastName": "Smith"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Step 4: Navigating Through Pages

You can iterate through pages by incrementing the page parameter in your subsequent queries.

Step 5: Understanding pageInfo

Along with the patient data, you can also retrieve pageInfo, which provides information about the pagination state, such as whether there are more pages available.

query {
  patients(pagination: { page: 1, pageSize: 5 }) {
    data {
      id
      firstName
      lastName
    }
    pageInfo {
      hasMore
    }
  }
}

This can be useful to determine when to stop paginating (e.g., when hasMore is false).

Conclusion

Pagination in the Semble API provides an efficient way to handle large ssets of data, making it easy to build scalable applications. By understanding how to use the page and pageSize parameters, and optionally the pageInfo, you can create a seamless navigation experience through your datasets.