Specs

paginate(
  queryable :: Ecto.Query.t(),
  opts :: Keyword.t(),
  repo_opts :: Keyword.t()
) ::
  Paginator.Page.t()

Fetches all the results matching the query within the cursors.

options

Options

• :after - Fetch the records after this cursor.
• :before - Fetch the records before this cursor.
• :cursor_fields - The fields with sorting direction used to determine the cursor. In most cases, this should be the same fields as the ones used for sorting in the query. When you use named bindings in your query they can also be provided.
• :fetch_cursor_value_fun function of arity 2 to lookup cursor values on returned records. Defaults to Paginator.default_fetch_cursor_value/2
• :include_total_count - Set this to true to return the total number of records matching the query. Note that this number will be capped by :total_count_limit. Defaults to false.
• :total_count_primary_key_field - Running count queries on specified column of the table
• :limit - Limits the number of records returned per page. Note that this number will be capped by :maximum_limit. Defaults to 50.
• :maximum_limit - Sets a maximum cap for :limit. This option can be useful when :limit is set dynamically (e.g from a URL param set by a user) but you still want to enfore a maximum. Defaults to 500.
• :sort_direction - The direction used for sorting. Defaults to :asc. It is preferred to set the sorting direction per field in :cursor_fields.
• :total_count_limit - Running count queries on tables with a large number of records is expensive so it is capped by default. Can be set to :infinity in order to count all the records. Defaults to 10,000.

repo-options

Repo options

This will be passed directly to Ecto.Repo.all/2, as such any option supported by this function can be used here.

simple-example

Simple example

query = from(p in Post, order_by: [asc: p.inserted_at, asc: p.id], select: p)

Repo.paginate(query, cursor_fields: [:inserted_at, :id], limit: 50)

example-with-using-custom-sort-directions-per-field

Example with using custom sort directions per field

query = from(p in Post, order_by: [asc: p.inserted_at, desc: p.id], select: p)

Repo.paginate(query, cursor_fields: [inserted_at: :asc, id: :desc], limit: 50)

example-with-sorting-on-columns-in-joined-tables

Example with sorting on columns in joined tables

from(
  p in Post,
  as: :posts,
  join: a in assoc(p, :author),
  as: :author,
  preload: [author: a],
  select: p,
  order_by: [
    {:asc, a.name},
    {:asc, p.id}
  ]
)

Repo.paginate(query, cursor_fields: [{{:author, :name}, :asc}, id: :asc], limit: 50)

When sorting on columns in joined tables it is necessary to use named bindings. In this case we name it author. In the cursor_fields we refer to this named binding and its column name.

To build the cursor Paginator uses the returned Ecto.Schema. When using a joined column the returned Ecto.Schema won't have the value of the joined column unless we preload it. E.g. in this case the cursor will be build up from post.id and post.author.name. This presupposes that the named of the binding is the same as the name of the relationship on the original struct.

One level deep joins are supported out of the box but if we join on a second level, e.g. post.author.company.name a custom function can be supplied to handle the cursor value retrieval. This also applies when the named binding does not map to the name of the relationship.

example

Example

from(
  p in Post,
  as: :posts,
  join: a in assoc(p, :author),
  as: :author,
  join: c in assoc(a, :company),
  as: :company,
  preload: [author: a],
  select: p,
  order_by: [
    {:asc, a.name},
    {:asc, p.id}
  ]
)

Repo.paginate(query,
  cursor_fields: [{{:company, :name}, :asc}, id: :asc],
  fetch_cursor_value_fun: fn
    post, {:company, name} ->
      post.author.company.name

    post, field ->
      Paginator.default_fetch_cursor_value(post, field)
  end,
  limit: 50
)