Explanation

If you check all the sections in which we have used pagination, in all the responses, you will find that there are three objects key i.e. data, links, and meta. In this section, we will explain all the three keys.

Let's take an example of the categories section, we have some response in which we got these three keys.

{
    "data": [{...},{...},...,{...}],
    "links": {...},
    "meta": {...}
}

1. Data Object data

In the data object key, you will find the collection of many objects which represent the UnoPim store's categories.

2. Links Object links

In the links object, you will find four more object keys, which will be used according to pagination,

"links": {
    "first": "https://example.com/api/categories?limit=5&pagination=342234&page=1",
    "last": "https://example.com/api/categories?limit=5&pagination=342234&page=2",
    "prev": null,
    "next": "https://example.com/api/categories?limit=5&pagination=342234&page=2"
}

Name	Info
first	Display the first url link of the called API with filter variable.
last	Display the last url link of the called API with filter variable.
prev	Display the previous url of the current called API url.
next	Display the next url of the current called API url. If no next url available then it will contain the null value.

3. Meta Object meta

meta object will only used with pagination. Under meta object, you will find seven object keys,

"meta": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "from": 1,
    "last_page": 2,
    "path": "https://example.com/api/categories",
    "per_page": "5",
    "to": 5,
    "total": 10
}

Name	Info
current_page	Display the current page number.
from	Display the first count of the returned data object based on the provided page and limit filters.
last_page	Display the last page number.
path	Display the current api url without input parameters.
per_page	Display the total of records in a single page.
to	Display the last count of the returned data object based on the provided page and limit filters.
total	Display the total number of records in the store.