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Hi I’ve been working on trying to use List.generate to create a paginated list from a api. My issue is that my api uses Cursor-Based Pagination. A single request will give me three sections “has-more” “offset” and “companies”.
If "has-more" is true, I need to make another request, using the "offset" value given to get the next page of company records, "companies" is the actual information I need.
I cant seem to figure out how to refer to the “has-more” and “offset” values within the list.generate step. No matter what I try list generate returns null values.
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Hi @DSArkphire
you're not using the correct syntax to reference objects in Power Query / the M-language.
Try this:
Pagination = List.Generate( ()=> Source, // Start value should be a record each [offset] <> 0 // refers to the records field (your expression would always return true) each Json.Document(Web.Contents(<YourURLin””> & Text.From([offset]) )
Further reading on value types and how to reference them: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/expressions-values-and-let-expression
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@DSArkphire - were you able to incorporate the solution provided by @ImkeF to resolve your issue? If so, could you please post the final/working code?
Hi @DSArkphire
you're not using the correct syntax to reference objects in Power Query / the M-language.
Try this:
Pagination = List.Generate( ()=> Source, // Start value should be a record each [offset] <> 0 // refers to the records field (your expression would always return true) each Json.Document(Web.Contents(<YourURLin””> & Text.From([offset]) )
Further reading on value types and how to reference them: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/expressions-values-and-let-expression
Imke Feldmann (The BIccountant)
If you liked my solution, please give it a thumbs up. And if I did answer your question, please mark this post as a solution. Thanks!
How to integrate M-code into your solution -- How to get your questions answered quickly -- How to provide sample data -- Check out more PBI- learning resources here -- Performance Tipps for M-queries
Thank you for your Help ImkeF and for explaining my problem, that's a big help.
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