NestJS Request Pagination

A simple NestJS interceptor catching query parameters and format a Link Header, based on GitHub pagination API. This module uses format-link-header node module to build the response Link Header.

Installation

npm install --save @algoan/nestjs-pagination

Requirements

• On this version, the API attached with this interceptor needs to return an object:

{
  "totalResources": 1530,
  "resources": [ { ... }, ..., { ... }]
}

• The resource has to be specified in the interceptor constructor

Limits

• This module does not take into account what is returned in the resources property. It may be inconsistent with headers set by the interceptor.

Quick Start

Import LinkHeaderInterceptor next to a controller method.

import { LinkHeaderInterceptor } from '@algoan/nestjs-pagination';
import { Controller, Get, UseInterceptors } from '@nestjs/common';

@Controller()
/**
 * Controller returning a lot of documents
 */
class AppController {
  /**
   * Find all documents
   */
  @UseInterceptors(new LinkHeaderInterceptor({ resource: 'data' }))
  @Get('/data')
  public async findAll(): Promise<{ totalResources: number; resources: DataToReturn[] }> {
    const data: DataToReturn = await model.find(...);
    const count: number = await model.count();

    return { totalResources: count, resources: data };
  }
}

For instance, if you have 1015 resources, calling GET /data?page=4&per_page=100 will return:

Content-Range: data 300-399/1015
Link: </data?page=1&per_page=100>; rel="first", </data?page=11&per_page=100>; rel="last", </data?page=5&per_page=100>; rel="next", </data?page=3&per_page=100>; rel="prev"

If you use MongoDB as your database, we also provide a ParamDecorator you can use to convert the request to a mongo query parameter.

import { LinkHeaderInterceptor, MongoPaginationParamDecorator, MongoPagination, Pageable } from '@algoan/nestjs-pagination';
import { Controller, Get, UseInterceptors } from '@nestjs/common';

@Controller()
/**
 * Controller returning a lot of documents
 */
class AppController {
  /**
   * Find all documents
   */
  @UseInterceptors(new LinkHeaderInterceptor({ resource: 'data' }))
  @Get('/data')
  public async findAll(@MongoPaginationParamDecorator() pagination: MongoPagination ): Promise<Pageable<DataToReturn>> {
    const data: DataToReturn[] = await model.find(pagination);
    const count: number = await model.count(pagination.filter);

    return { totalResources: count, resources: data };
  }
}

Usage

By default, the interceptor and the decorator will look for the query parameters page and per_page (which is 100 by default). You can also change the name of those parameters and the default per page limit if you want, by passing a configuration object. Beware that if you use both the interceptor and the decorator, you need to pass the configuration to both of them.

new LinkHeaderInterceptor({ resource: 'data', pageName: '_page', perPageName: 'numberPerPage', defaultLimit: 50 })

@MongoPaginationParamDecorator({ pageName: '_page', perPageName: 'numberPerPage', defaultLimit: 50  })

You can also have the pagination in the response body by using the PaginationBodyInterceptor. By using this interceptor, the pagination is included in the response body instead of the header.

A paginated data response is returned.

{
  "resources": [],
  "pagination": {
    "next": null,
    "previous": null,
    "first": null,
    "last": null,
    "totalPages": 1,
    "totalResources": 0,
  }
}

Import the PaginationBodyInterceptor next to a controller method.

import { PaginationBodyInterceptor } from '@algoan/nestjs-pagination';
import { Controller, Get, UseInterceptors } from '@nestjs/common';

@Controller()
/**
 * Controller returning a lot of documents
 */
class AppController {
  /**
   * Find all documents
   */
  @UseInterceptors(new PaginationBodyInterceptor({pageName: 'page', perPageName: 'limit'}))
  @Get('/data')
  public async findAll(@MongoPaginationParamDecorator({pageName: 'page', perPageName: 'limit'}) pagination: MongoPagination): Promise<{ totalResources: number; resources: DataToReturn[] }> {
    const data: DataToReturn = await model.find(...);
    const count: number = await model.count();

    return { totalResources: count, resources: data };
  }
}