All top-level resources support pagination. All Find methods return a list of results along with pagination details. Each query can return up to 100 results. The most performant and reliable method for pagination is cursor-based, but offset-based pagination is also supported.

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Warning
From 2026-04-16, the Elation API will be changing it's default pagination mode from offset to cursor. This change should be transparent to the vast majority of users. Users that still require offset based pagination should specify ?offset in their initial list requests.

Cursor-Based Pagination

Cursor-based pagination is enabled by including a cursor parameter in the query string, for example: ?cursor=....

If the cursor is empty, results begin at the start of the dataset (by default ordered by ascending id).

{
  "next": "https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0/allergies?cursor=cD0xMDYxNzEyNjg0Nzc3NDk2",
  "previous": null,
  "results": [
    { ... },
    { ... },
    { ... }
  ]
}

next: URL for the next page of results
previous: URL for the previous page (if available)
results: The current page of data

Offset-Based Pagination

If a cursor parameter is not provided, the API defaults to offset-based pagination. This method uses the limit and offset parameters.

{
  "count": 123,
  "next": "https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0/allergies/?limit=10&offset=10",
  "previous": "https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0/allergies/?limit=10",
  "results": [
    { ... },
    { ... },
    { ... }
  ]
}

count: The total number of items in the full result set
next: URL for the next page of results
previous: URL for the previous page of results
results: The current page of data

Summary: Use cursor-based pagination whenever possible for the best performance and reliability. Offset-based pagination remains available for compatibility.