How can I safely loop until there is nothing more to do without using a “placeholder” while conditon?

Question

In order to call my Web API method until no more data is returned (I\'m fetching it in batches, to keep each result set small, due to the 98-lb-weakling persona of the client (W

Answer 1

Why not return some metadata with response, e.g. {Pages:10} ? Then you know exactly how many records you're going after.