Pagination in web scraping means moving through several pages to collect all results from a list.

Many websites do not show every product, review, job, or directory listing on one page. They split results across pages.

Common pagination patterns include:

  • A Next button
  • Page numbers
  • URL parameters such as ?page=2
  • Infinite scroll
  • Load more buttons

Why pagination matters

Without pagination, a scraper only collects the first page of results.

For example, an ecommerce category might show 24 products per page and contain 900 products. A scraper without pagination returns 24 rows. A scraper with pagination can move through the full list.

📌 Short version

Pagination turns a one-page scrape into a full dataset.

Pagination and AI scraping

In an AI web scraping workflow, you can tell the agent how to find the next page.

Example instruction:

Extract all products from the category page. If a next page button exists, follow it until there are no more pages.

Some websites need JavaScript rendering for pagination. Others use simple URL patterns, such as ?page=1, ?page=2, and ?page=3.

Datablist workflows with pagination

Use pagination with the Website AI Scraper when scraping ecommerce products, reviews, directories, and paginated lists.

For large websites, start with sitemap scraping when possible. A sitemap can give you the page URLs directly, without clicking through pagination.