# Pagination, sorting and filtering

The majority of responses containing a collection of resources are paginated. Pagination limits the number of returned results per request to avoid delays in receiving a response and prevent overloading with results. Thanks to pagination, the API can run at its best performance.

You set pagination, sorting, and filtering parameters in query parameters. Separate multiple query parameters using the & symbol. The order of the parameters does not matter.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Pagination and filtering parameters contain square brackets -- `[` and `]`. Always encode them in URLs.
{% endhint %}


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://developers.make.com/api-documentation/pagination-sorting-filtering.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.