Does query API support offset?

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Hi,

We’re using Pinecone vector DB and found it amazing!
However, we’ve got a problem using query API:
When we query for results, can we set the offset parameter of returned result list?

In our use case, we’d like to find the top_k = 1000 similarity results of a vector but we don’t want all the 1000 results included in one return; instead, we would like to fetch them in pagination(say 100 results per page, 10 pages), get 1-100 results in the first fetch, get 101-200 results in the second fetch. So we can have a quicker responsive UX without fetching unnecessary 201-1000 results in case user probably found the answer in the second fetch.

Could you please kindly suggest how we can do the “pagination” with the query API? Thanks.

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Hi @LoveCactus,

We don’t support pagination or offsets today, but we are working on it. What some customers have done as a workaround is issue two or three queries at once; one with top_k of 10 that returns very fast, then top_k 100 and 1000. So by the time your end user is ready to page to item 11, the 100 items will have been returned; and by the time they’re looking at 101 the 1000 items have been returned.

It’s a little hacky admittedly, but it works as a sort of poor man’s pagination.

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Thanks for the reply! Looking forward to the pagination support!