Page through a large RESO Web API result set reliably using @odata.nextLink and $skiptoken instead of $skip
domain: reso.org · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Issue the initial query with an explicit $orderby on a stable, unique key (commonly ListingKey) so paging order is deterministic
Read the @odata.nextLink annotation from the response rather than manually constructing the next page's URL
Follow @odata.nextLink verbatim without modifying, re-encoding, or appending additional query options to it
Continue requesting each returned @odata.nextLink until a response is returned with no nextLink annotation, signaling the end of the result set
For long-running or resumable jobs, persist the last successfully processed key so paging can restart from that point rather than from the beginning
Known gotchas
Standard OData $skip-based paging can duplicate or skip records when the underlying dataset changes between pages (e.g., a deletion shifts the offset); $skiptoken keyed off the last record's key avoids this failure mode
The $skiptoken value is an opaque, server-generated token — treating it as a simple integer offset or hand-constructing one will produce invalid or rejected requests
This nextLink-based pagination approach is about paging within a query, not a substitute for timestamp-based incremental replication; a full sync strategy still needs a ModificationTimestamp watermark on top of it
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