Paginating tasks

By default, Meilisearch returns a list of 20 tasks for each request when you query the get tasks endpoint. This guide shows you how to navigate the task list using query parameters.

Use the limit parameter to change the number of returned tasks:

curl \
  -X GET 'http://localhost:7700/tasks?limit=2&from=10

Meilisearch will return a batch of tasks. Each batch of returned tasks is often called a "page" of tasks, and the size of that page is determined by limit:

{
  "results": [
    …
  ],
  "total": 50,
  "limit": 2,
  "from": 10,
  "next": 8
}

It is possible none of the returned tasks are the ones you are looking for. In that case, you will need to use the get all tasks request response to navigate the results.

Use the next value included in the response to your previous query together with from to fetch the next set of results:

curl \
  -X GET 'http://localhost:7700/tasks?limit=2&from=8

This will return a new batch of tasks:

{
  "results": [
    …
  ],
  "total": 50,
  "limit": 2,
  "from": 8,
  "next": 6
}

When the value of next is null, you have reached the final set of results.