# How do I use the paginator for an already paginated api?

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-use-the-paginator-for-an-already-paginated-api/377>\
**Category:** Ask us anything\
**Created:** [April 7, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-use-the-paginator-for-an-already-paginated-api/377 "2022-04-07T05:49:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walds](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/walds/32/389_2.png) [@Walds](https://community.weweb.io/u/Walds)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-use-the-paginator-for-an-already-paginated-api/377/1 "2022-04-07T05:49:48Z")

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Hi, may I know how can I use a paginator for an already paginated api? Should I just retrieve all the data then set the pagination on the collection?

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**Author:** ![Quentin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/quentin/32/6_2.png) [@Quentin](https://community.weweb.io/u/Quentin)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-use-the-paginator-for-an-already-paginated-api/377/2 "2022-04-07T08:22:05Z")

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We’re working on this as we speak! It should be in production by the end of the week, or early next week 😉

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**Author:** ![patopt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@patopt](https://community.weweb.io/u/patopt)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-use-the-paginator-for-an-already-paginated-api/377/3 "2022-08-15T04:30:47Z")

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Was his ever figured out? I am paginating from Xano and apply the Paginator to the collection, but it’s not working.

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**Author:** ![Mael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/mael/32/13246_2.png) [@Mael](https://community.weweb.io/u/Mael)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-use-the-paginator-for-an-already-paginated-api/377/4 "2022-08-16T14:31:29Z")

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We have this documentation which explain how to set up pagination with Xano, hope it helps you 🙂

> **[📜 Pagination in the Backend](https://docs.weweb.io/backend-pagination/)**
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> When working with large sets of data, best paginate your Collection in the backend. Learn how to interact with backend pagination in WeWeb.

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**Author:** ![patopt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@patopt](https://community.weweb.io/u/patopt)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-use-the-paginator-for-an-already-paginated-api/377/5 "2023-01-11T19:55:00Z")

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This link is broken, can you please get fixed?

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**Author:** ![dorilama](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/dorilama/32/10403_2.png) [@dorilama](https://community.weweb.io/u/dorilama)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/how-do-i-use-the-paginator-for-an-already-paginated-api/377/6 "2023-01-11T20:04:14Z")

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> **[Paginator | WeWeb documentation](https://docs.weweb.io/add-elements/elements/paginator.html#backend-pagination)**
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> Learn how to work with the Paginator element in WeWeb

> [@Links to Docs Broken](https://community.weweb.io/t/links-to-docs-broken/1631/2):
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> The old docs can be found here: