generic-paginate

A simple Javascript function for calculating pagination data which can be easily integrated into any view-layer

Usage

npm i generic-paginate -S

this module exports a single function called paginate

paginate(total, skip, limit, opts) ⇒ paginationData

Calculate pagination data using given params

Arguments

Param	Type	Default	Description
total	Number		Total number of records
skip	Number		Number of records to be skiped. AKA offset
[limit]	Number	10	Number of items per page
[opts]	Object	{}	additional options
[opts.buttonCount]	Number	5	length of pagination button list. Eg: < 2, 3, 4, > -> Means buttonCount=3 < 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 > -> Means buttonCount=5 < 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 > -> Means buttonCount=7
[opts.activeClass]	string	"'active'"	HTML class attribute to be applied for current page button
[opts.inactiveClass]	string	"''"	HTML class attribute to be applied for button other than current page b

Properties of output paginationData

Name	Type	Description
next	Number | undefined	next page number. undefined if there is no next page
prev	Number | undefined	previous page number. undefined if there is no previous page
currentPage	Number	current page number
totalPages	Number	total number of pages
totalItems	Number	total number of items
limit	Number	items per page. copied from argument
skip	Number	no of skipped records. copied from argument
buttons	Array.<Object>	array of buttons in the pagination list
buttons[].page	Number	page number of button
buttons[].class	string	html class of button. current page will have opts.inactiveClass and all others will have opts.activeClass

Example ( Nodejs )

var Paginate = require('generic-paginate');
 
// 37 total items,
// 10 items/page,
// skipping first 20 => current page is 3
 
var paginationData = Paginate( 37, 20, 10 );
console.log( paginationData );
 
/*
Output will be
{ next: 4,
  prev: 2,
  currentPage: 3,
  buttons:
   [ { page: 1, class: 'inactive' },
     { page: 2, class: 'inactive' },
     { page: 3, class: 'active' },
     { page: 4, class: 'inactive' } ],
  totalPages: 4,
  totalItems: 37,
  limit: 10,
  skip: 20 }
*/

Example ( Browser )

<script src="https://unpkg.com/generic-paginate" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var pagintionData = GenericPaginate( 37, 20, 10 );
  console.log( pagintionData );
  /*
  Output will be
  { next: 4,
    prev: 2,
    currentPage: 3,
    buttons:
     [ { page: 1, class: 'inactive' },
       { page: 2, class: 'inactive' },
       { page: 3, class: 'active' },
       { page: 4, class: 'inactive' } ],
    totalPages: 4,
    totalItems: 37,
    limit: 10,
    skip: 20 }
  */
</script> 

A sample AngularJs tempalte will be like this

<ul class="pagination">
    <li ng-enable="pagination.prev" >
      <a href="/mangoes?page={{ pagination.prev }}">&laquo;</a>
    </li>
    <li ng-repeat="button in pagination.buttons" ng-class="{{ button.class }}">
      <a href="/mangoes?page={{ button.page }}">{{ button.page }}</a>
    </li>
    <li ng-enable="pagination.next">
      <a href="/mangoes?page={{ pagination.next }}">&raquo;</a>
    </li>
</ul>
<span>Showing page: {{ pagination.currentPage}}/{{pagination.totalPages}} </span>
<span>Total items: {{ pagination.totalItems}}</span>