Cursor (pagination)
A pointer used in paginated API responses to fetch the next page of results. Critical for workflows that must retrieve all records without cursor handling, you only get the first 100 records, missing the rest silently.
Expert insight
Cursor-based pagination (a token pointing to "the next page") is more reliable than page-number pagination for data that changes while you're paging through it, page-number pagination can skip or duplicate records if items are added or removed mid-fetch, cursor pagination doesn't have this problem because each cursor is tied to a specific position in the underlying data, not a shifting page count.
How PURIST uses this
This concept is built into every automation we deploy.
When PURIST builds your automation, Cursor (pagination) is not an optional consideration it is part of the production standard. Our workflows are tested against edge cases, monitored 24/7, and built to handle what happens when things don't go as expected.
Every client workflow we deploy in the Core concepts category is designed with this principle in mind from day one not added as an afterthought.
Complexity level
Requires some familiarity with automation concepts.
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