# Pagination

Reading a list that is split across pages, by following the next link until there is none or a limit is reached.

A paginate step extracts the same schema from each page and joins the lists. It stops at max_pages, when a condition you set holds, or when the next button is gone, so a site that adds a thousand pages overnight cannot run up your bill.

```
{
  "paginate": {
    "next": {
      "role": "link",
      "name": "Next"
    },
    "max_pages": 20
  },
  "extract": {
    "rows": {
      "selector": "tbody tr",
      "many": true,
      "fields": {
        "id": "td:first-child"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Related

- [API discovery](/product/api-discovery)
- [Scrape a website that requires login](/use-cases/scrape-behind-login)
- [Turn a website into an API](/use-cases/website-to-api)
- [Extract schema](/glossary/extract-schema)