RESTful Design: Paging Collections

Question

I am designing a REST api that needs paging (per x) enforces from the server side.

What would be the right way to page through any collection of resources:

Optio

Answer 1

I'd go with option (2). Why?

1. You can later add page-size parameter to the query so the client can specify the page size.
2. In case no page parameter was specified you can just return the first page (the default). In many cases you client might need only the first page, so it simplifies the protocol between client and server.