The Movie Database Support
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Be able to define search result page size
posted by RedShiftedStudiosSTAFFMOD on October 29, 2018 at 9:24 AM
We'd like to be able to only display 10 results per-page in our application because at the moment we're having to stash unwanted search results and retrieve them later before sending a request for the next actual page of results.
It's usually conventional API behavior to be able to define page size.
It would be great if the MovieDb allowed this so that the client doesn't have to do this sort of fudging if you don't require a page size of 20
Thanks!
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 29, 2018 at 10:43 AM
Hi @RedShiftedStudios,
Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately at this time we do not have any intentions of supporting a custom page size.
Reply by RedShiftedStudios
on October 29, 2018 at 10:48 AM
Hi @travisbell ,
Thanks for quick response!
Can I ask if there's a specific reason or limitation for not being able to have this feature and if it's a possibility to pay for this feature?
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 29, 2018 at 10:58 AM
No problem!
It's an artifact of our previous API infrastructure where we cached all requests. A custom page size would essentially turn our cache hit ratio to zero, negating any benefits to caching at all.
Unfortunately, we do not support any outside development or sponsored features. I do however appreciate the feedback.