# How offset works \[API-DB Sync\]

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-offset-works-api-db-sync/16428>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** object\
**Created:** [September 25, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-offset-works-api-db-sync/16428 "2019-09-25T19:13:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-offset-works-api-db-sync/16428/5 "2019-09-30T19:31:43Z")

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Thanks a lot, Wendy. I’d also like to know if there is any other parameter recommended to make this API synchronization incrementally, so I don’t have to always request the whole collection.

Thanks in advance.

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