Django pagination + React

references.md

django-rest-framework

• simplifies pagination

alternatives

• pass structure, next page, previous page, etc should be kept in mind
• JSON serialization must apply to everything
• use .values() for QuerySet, wrap result with list() e.g. for Paginator

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56701448/how-to-implement-pagination-in-a-django-and-react-app-without-using-the-rest-fra

view.py

from django.http.response import JsonResponse

def index(request):
  influencers = Influencer.objects.all().values
  
  paginator = Paginator(influencers, 16)
  page = request.GET.get('page')
  paged_listings = paginator.get_page(page)
  user_list = UserList.objects.all().filter(user_id = request.user.id).values()
  
  queryset = list(chain(paged_listings, user_list), paginator.count)
  content = {'total_page_count': paginator.num_pages, 'data': queryset}
  return JsonResponse(content)