Search resources

Paging

The Paging Resource is a json resource that contains the information related to paging the current search results:

Name	Type	Description
properties	Object	A dictionary object containing the properties and values. Properties include the current page number (1 based indexing) and the current page size.
next	Search Link	A hyperlink to the Search Resource that displays the next page of search results (if a next page exists).
previous	Search Link	A hyperlink to the Search Resource that displays the previous page of search results (if a previous page exists).
first	Search Link	A hyperlink to the Search Resource that displays the first page of search results (if it is not displayed already).
last	Search Link	A hyperlink to the Search Resource that displays the last page of search results (if it is not displayed already).
page_sizes	Array	An array of search links representing the options for the number of search results per page that the user can choose among.
page_numbers	Array	An array of search links representing the options for the result pages the user can access by number.

Example:

{
   {
    "properties": {
        "current_page_size": 10,
        "current_page_number": 5
    },
    "last": {
        "query":"currentQuery",
        "href":"http://<hostname>/api/search?q=currentQuery&skip=200&take=10"
    },
    "next": {
        "query":"currentQuery",
        "href":"http://<hostname>/api/search?q=currentQuery&skip=50&take=10"
    },
    "previous": {
        "query":"currentQuery",
        "href":"http://<hostname>/api/search?q=currentQuery&skip=30&take=10"
    },
    "first": {
        "query":"currentQuery",
        "href":"http://<hostname>/api/search?q=currentQuery&skip=0&take=10"
    },
    "page_sizes": [
        {
            "query":"currentQuery",
            "href":"http://<hostname>/api/search?q=currentQuery&skip=0&take=5",
            "title": "5"
        },
        {
            "query":"currentQuery",
            "href":"http://<hostname>/api/search?q=currentQuery&skip=0&take=10",
            "title": "10"
        },
        {
            "query":"currentQuery",
            "href":"http://<hostname>/api/search?q=currentQuery&skip=0&take=50",
            "title": "50"
        }
    ],
    "page_numbers": [
        {
            "href":"http://<hostname>/api/search?q=currentQuery&skip=30&take=10",
            "title": "4"
        },
        {
            "href":"http://<hostname>/api/search?q=currentQuery&skip=40&take=10",
            "title": "5"
        },
        {
            "href":"http://<hostname>/api/search?q=currentQuery&skip=50&take=10",
            "title": "6"
        }
    ]
}

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