Cursor Pagination Library

A C# source generator library that automatically creates async enumeration methods for cursor and offset-based paginated APIs, making it effortless to iterate through paginated results.

Features

• ✨ Automatic Code Generation: Uses C# source generators to create enumeration methods at compile-time
• 🚀 Zero Runtime Overhead: All code is generated during compilation
• 🔄 IAsyncEnumerable Support: Modern async streaming with await foreach
• 🎯 Type-Safe: Full IntelliSense support and compile-time checking
• 🔌 API Agnostic: Works with any HTTP client library (Refit, HttpClient, etc.)
• ⚙️ Customizable: Configure parameter names to match your API conventions
• 📦 AOT Compatible: Fully compatible with Native AOT compilation

Installation

dotnet add package Cursor

Quick Start

1. Define Your Cursor Page Model

Implement the ICursorPage<T> interface for your paginated response:

using Cursor; public class CursorPage<T> : ICursorPage<T> { public List<T> Items { get; set; } = new(); public string? NextCursor { get; set; } }

2. Decorate Your API Methods

Add the [GenerateEnumerator] attribute to methods that return paginated results:

using Cursor; using Refit; public interface IExampleApi { [Get("/items")] [GenerateEnumerator] Task<CursorPage<Item>> ListItemsAsync( int? limit = null, string? cursor = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default ); }

3. Use the Generated Enumerators

The source generator automatically creates extension methods for you:

var api = RestService.For<IExampleApi>("https://api.example.com"); // Enumerate all items across all pages await foreach (var item in api.EnumerateItemsAsync()) { Console.WriteLine(item); } // Or collect all items at once var allItems = await api.EnumerateItemsAsync().ToListAsync(); // Enumerate pages instead of individual items await foreach (var page in api.EnumerateItemsPagesAsync()) { Console.WriteLine($"Page with {page.Items.Count} items"); }

Requirements

Your API methods must:

• Return Task<TPage> where TPage implements ICursorPage<T>
• Follow the naming pattern List*Async (e.g., ListItemsAsync, ListUsersAsync)
• Have parameters for:
  • limit (or custom name) - page size
  • cursor (or custom name) - pagination token
  • cancellationToken - for async cancellation

Advanced Usage

Custom Parameter Names

If your API uses different parameter names, you can customize them:

[Get("/items")] [GenerateEnumerator( LimitParameterName = "pageSize", CursorParameterName = "nextToken" )] Task<CursorPage<Item>> ListItemsAsync( int? pageSize, string? nextToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken ); [Get("/items")] [GenerateEnumerator( CursorParameterName = "offset" )] Task<CursorPage<Item>> ListItemsAsync( int? offset, int? limit, CancellationToken cancellationToken );

Custom Cursor Page Implementation

You can use any class that implements ICursorPage<T>:

public record CustomCursorPage<T> : ICursorPage<T> { public required List<T> Data { get; init; } public string? Cursor { get; init; } List<T> ICursorPage<T>.Items => Data; string? ICursorPage<T>.NextCursor => Cursor; } [Get("/items")] [GenerateEnumerator] Task<CustomCursorPage<Item>> ListItemsAsync( int? limit, string? cursor = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default );

Passing Additional Parameters

The generator preserves any additional parameters in the generated methods:

[Get("/items")] [GenerateEnumerator] Task<CursorPage<Item>> ListItemsAsync( string category, // Additional parameter int? limit = null, string? cursor = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default ); // Usage await foreach (var item in api.EnumerateItemsAsync("electronics")) { // Process items from "electronics" category }

Custom Attributes

You can create your own attribute that inherits from GenerateEnumeratorAttribute:

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = false)] public class MyCustomEnumeratorAttribute : GenerateEnumeratorAttribute { public MyCustomEnumeratorAttribute() { LimitParameterName = "pageSize"; CursorParameterName = "nextToken"; } } // Usage [Get("/items")] [MyCustomEnumerator] Task<CursorPage<Item>> ListItemsAsync( int? pageSize, string? nextToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken );

Generated Code

For a method named ListItemsAsync, the generator creates:

1. EnumerateItemsAsync() - Returns IAsyncEnumerable<T> for iterating individual items
2. EnumerateItemsPagesAsync() - Returns IAsyncEnumerable<ICursorPage<T>> for iterating pages

Both methods:

• Automatically handle pagination by following the NextCursor
• Support CancellationToken for graceful cancellation
• Allow configuring the page size via an optional pageSize parameter

How It Works

The library uses Roslyn source generators to analyze your code at compile-time:

1. Finds methods decorated with [GenerateEnumerator] or derived attributes
2. Validates the method signature and return type
3. Generates extension methods that handle the pagination loop
4. The generated code is added to your compilation automatically

No reflection or runtime code generation is involved, making it AOT-compatible and performant.

Examples

Example 1: Basic Usage with Refit

using Cursor; using Refit; public interface IGitHubApi { [Get("/users/{user}/repos")] [GenerateEnumerator] Task<CursorPage<Repository>> ListRepositoriesAsync( string user, int? limit = null, string? cursor = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default ); } // Usage var api = RestService.For<IGitHubApi>("https://api.github.com"); await foreach (var repo in api.EnumerateRepositoriesAsync("octocat")) { Console.WriteLine($"{repo.Name}: {repo.Description}"); }

Example 2: Processing Pages

await foreach (var page in api.EnumerateRepositoriesPagesAsync("octocat", limit: 50)) { Console.WriteLine($"Processing page with {page.Items.Count} repositories"); // Process entire page at once foreach (var repo in page.Items) { // ... } }

Example 3: With Cancellation

using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)); try { await foreach (var item in api.EnumerateItemsAsync(cancellationToken: cts.Token)) { // Process item } } catch (OperationCanceledException) { Console.WriteLine("Operation timed out"); }

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.