# Will paginate is an API?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-is-an-api/177972>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 27, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-is-an-api/177972 "2009-10-27T12:23:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/dbc845/32.png) [@nike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nike)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-is-an-api/177972/1 "2009-10-27T12:23:33Z")

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Please suggest whether will paginate is an API or not?

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**Author:** ![nike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/dbc845/32.png) [@nike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nike)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-is-an-api/177972/2 "2009-10-27T12:28:28Z")

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On Oct 27, 11:23 am, Nike M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Please suggest whether will paginate is an API or not?

Well if you define an API as an interface that one piece of software  
defines to like other pieces of software interact with it then I  
suppose yes. I’m struggling to see what you’re going to do with this  
information though.

Fred

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**Author:** ![nike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/dbc845/32.png) [@nike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nike)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-is-an-api/177972/3 "2009-10-27T12:33:24Z")

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Frederick C. wrote:

> On Oct 27, 11:23ï¿½am, Nike M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
> wrote:
> 
> > Please suggest whether will paginate is an API or not?
> 
> Well if you define an API as an interface that one piece of software  
> defines to like other pieces of software interact with it then I  
> suppose yes. I’m struggling to see what you’re going to do with this  
> information though.
> 
> Fred

Hi Fred,  
Thanks for your reply
