Implement custom pagination class for REST framework and update settings to use it

config/settings/base.py

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
 
 
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.LimitOffsetPagination',
+    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'utils.pagination.StandardResultsSetPagination',
     'PAGE_SIZE': 16,
     # 'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
     #     'apps.account.auth_back.TokenAuthentication2',

utils/pagination.py

@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
+from rest_framework.pagination import PageNumberPagination, LimitOffsetPagination
+from rest_framework.response import Response
 
 
-from rest_framework.pagination import PageNumberPagination
-from rest_framework.response import Response
+class StandardResultsSetPagination(PageNumberPagination):
+    page_size = 16
+    page_size_query_param = 'page_size'
+    max_page_size = 100
+
+    def get_paginated_response(self, data):
+        return Response({
+            'count': self.page.paginator.count,
+            'next': self.get_next_link(),
+            'previous': self.get_previous_link(),
+            'results': data,
+        })
+
 
-        
 class NoPagination(PageNumberPagination):
     def paginate_queryset(self, queryset, request, view=None):
-        # Override to return all items instead of paginated ones
         self.count = len(queryset)
         self.request = request
         self.page = None
@@ -14,10 +25,9 @@ class NoPagination(PageNumberPagination):
         return list(queryset)
 
     def get_paginated_response(self, data):
-        # Keep the structure but include all results
         return Response({
             'count': self.count,
-            'next': None,  # No next page
-            'previous': None,  # No previous page
+            'next': None,
+            'previous': None,
             'results': data,
         })