knex-paginate

Knex-paginate

Extension of Knex's query builder with paginate method that will help with your pagination tasks.

How to set up

To use this lib, first you will have to install it:

npm i knex-paginate --save
// or
yarn add knex-paginate

Then, add the following lines to your Knex set up:

const knex = require('knex')(config);

const { attachPaginate } = require('knex-paginate');
attachPaginate();

Function definition

.paginate(params: IPaginateParams): Knex.QueryBuilder<any, IWithPagination<TResult>>;

interface IPaginateParams {
  perPage: number,
  currentPage: number,
  isFromStart?: boolean,
  isLengthAware?: boolean,
}

interface IWithPagination<T = any> {
  data: T;
  pagination: IPagination;
}

interface IPagination {
  total?: number;
  lastPage?: number;
  currentPage: number;
  perPage: number;
  from: number;
  to: number;
}

How to use

Example

const result = await knex('persons')
   .paginate({ perPage: 10, currentPage: 2 });
// result.data - will hold persons data
// result.pagination - will hold pagination object

pagination object

Key	Value
perPage	Items per page.
currentPage	Current page number.
from	Counting ID of the first item of the current page.
to	Counting ID of the last item of the current page.

Returned if isLengthAware == true or currentPage == 1 or isFromStart == true:

Key	Value
total	Total items that the full query contains.
lastPage	Last page number.

This lib got inspiration from knex-paginator.