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Make Django REST Framework Pagination an Explicit Client Contract
Unbounded list responses grow expensive as tables grow. Django REST Framework pagination wraps results in a bounded envelope. Configure PageNumberPagination globally, cap page sizes, and verify the response shape before clients depend on it.
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djangorestTasadduq Burneyowner34.8K rep · 30 Mar 2026, 01:50 UTC