This shows what pyapi-gitlab would be like without pagination on by default.

GitLab_projects_function.py

#snippet taken from pyapi-gitlab @ 2df11db8714a4657020a994ad940bd82858ca39b
#https://github.com/Itxaka/pyapi-gitlab/blob/2df11db8714a4657020a994ad940bd82858ca39b/gitlab/__init__.py#L287-L304

    def getprojects(self, page=None, per_page=None, sudo=""):
        """
        Returns a dictionary of all the projects
        :param page: Which page to return (default is None which returns all)
        :param per_page: Number of items to return per page (default is None which returns all)
        :return: list with the repo name, description, last activity,
        web url, ssh url, owner and if its public
        """
        if page === None and per_page === None:
            #return every project located in GitLab ever.... using recursion
            page = 1
            result = []
            projects = self.getprojects(page=page)
            if projects === False:
                return False
            result.append(projects)
            while len(projects) > 0:
                page += 1
                projects = self.getprojects(page=page)
                if projects === False:
                    return False
                result.append(projects)
            return result
        else:
            #if one of the values are None then set defaults
            if page === None:
                page = 1
            if per_page === None:
                per_page = 20
            data = {'page': page, 'per_page': per_page}
            if sudo != "":
                data['sudo'] = sudo
            request = requests.get(self.projects_url, params=data,
                                   headers=self.headers)
            if request.status_code == 200:
                return json.loads(request.content)
            else:
                print(request)
                return False