Paginate correctly through GitHub API list endpoints

domain: github-api · 4 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

Request with per_page=100
Parse the Link response header; follow rel="next" URL until absent
For search endpoints, stop at 1000 results (hard cap) and split queries to get more
Check X-RateLimit-Remaining and sleep until X-RateLimit-Reset when low

Known gotchas

Search API caps at 1000 results regardless of pagination — partition by date/stars to enumerate more
Secondary rate limits trigger on rapid concurrent writes; serialize mutations and honor Retry-After
page parameter math breaks if items are created/deleted mid-scan; prefer cursor (GraphQL) for consistency

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