The Writer API supports pagination for list endpoints. By default, the API returns 50 results per page. See below for more information about how to paginate your API requests.

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Pagination parameters

The following parameters are available for pagination in the API:
ParameterTypeDescription
limitintegerThe number of items to return per page. The default is 50. The maximum is 100.
orderstringThe order in which to return the items, based on the created_at field for the resource. The default is desc. The possible values are asc and desc.
beforestringThe ID of first object in the previous page. This parameter instructs the API to return the previous page of results.
afterstringThe ID of the last object in the next page. This parameter instructs the API to return the next page of results.

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Pagination response

The API returns the following pagination information in the response body:
ParameterTypeDescription
has_morebooleanIndicates whether there are more pages of results.
first_idstringThe ID of the first object in the collection.
last_idstringThe ID of the last object in the collection.

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Pagination example: Retrieving files

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Retrieve two most recently created files

The following cURL command retrieves the two most recently created files. 
curl -X GET "https://api.writer.com/v1/files?limit=2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"
The response body contains the two most recently created files, along with the pagination information:
  • The has_more parameter is true, indicating that there are more files to retrieve
  • The first_id parameter is the ID of the first file in the collection
  • The last_id parameter is the ID of the last file in the collection
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "c6006e1f",
      "created_at": "2025-06-04T18:19:12.495984Z",
      "name": "paper.pdf",
      "graph_ids": [],
      "status": "completed"
    },
    {
      "id": "57c3754c",
      "created_at": "2025-06-04T18:19:09.973779Z",
      "name": "meeting_notes.pdf",
      "graph_ids": [],
      "status": "completed"
    }
  ],
  "has_more": true,
  "first_id": "c6006e1f",
  "last_id": "57c3754c"
}

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Retrieve the next page of results

To retrieve the next page of results, you can use the after parameter to specify the ID of the last object in the previous page. 
curl -X GET "https://api.writer.com/v1/files?limit=2&after=57c3754c" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

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SDK support

The Python and JavaScript SDKs provide iterators that automatically handle pagination for you. See more information about pagination in the Python SDK and JavaScript SDK documentation.