# Question on the "after" parameter **URL:** \ **Category:** APIs & Integrations\ **Tags:** developer-tools\ **Created:** [October 28, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/question-on-the-after-parameter/119365 "2024-10-28T20:54:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DanaIrvine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanaIrvine](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DanaIrvine)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/question-on-the-after-parameter/119365/1 "2024-10-28T20:54:34Z")
I am using /crm/v3/objects/tickets/search to search tickets. The issue I am having is I am expecting more than 200 results, but there’s a limit of 200 with a search. I believe the “after” parameter is my solution to query additional pages of data but I can’t figure out what it is expecting there, or how it is used. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycee\_Lewis](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jaycee_lewis/32/61352_2.png) [@Jaycee\_Lewis](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Jaycee_Lewis)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/question-on-the-after-parameter/119365/2 "2024-10-28T22:59:08Z")
Hey, @DanaIrvine 👋 I completely understand why this is confusing until you do it a few times. I don’t have 200+ Tickets in my test portal, but I think I can still give an example that is enough to get you started. In my test portal, I have 12 Tickets: ![CleanShot 2024-10-28 at 16.42.45@2x.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/9/c986ab4fb86d359592f6933638565377957e8225.png) For our example purposes, we’ll make our request using a `Limit` of 5, and then use the `After` value to page through the others. Request one (to get `after` value) Request `POST https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/tickets/search` Request body ```lia-code-sample { "limit": 5 } ``` Response ```lia-code-sample { "total": 12, "results": [ { "id": ... } ], "paging": { "next": { "after": "5" } } } ``` For all the following requests, we will include the `after` value in our requests in the body Request #2 (which will return the next five tickets) Body ```lia-code-sample { "limit": 5, "after": "5" } ``` Request #3 (which will return the last two tickets) Body ```lia-code-sample { "limit": 5, "after": "10" } ``` In your case, since you are not sending a `limit` value, I’d expect the `after` values to come in increments of 200 for each response — “after”: “200”, “after”: “400”, “after”: “600”, etc. For me personally, when I’m testing, I find Postman to be the easiest way to gain an understanding of how the Search API wants to behave. I hope this helps get you moving forward! — Jaycee ---
**Author:** ![DanaIrvine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanaIrvine](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DanaIrvine)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/question-on-the-after-parameter/119365/3 "2024-10-29T14:49:36Z")
Thanks, now I get an error. This works, returns 5 records: { “limit”: 5, “after”: “0”, “properties”: [ “id” ], “filterGroups”:[{ “filters”:[ { “propertyName”:“hs\_lastmodifieddate”, “operator”:“BETWEEN”, “highValue”: 1730260800000, “value”:1727755200000 }, { “propertyName”:“hs\_pipeline”, “operator”:“EQ”, “value”:63784995 } ] }], “sorts”: [{ “propertyName”: “id”, “direction”: “ASCENDING” } ] } This gives an error , returns the same 5 records: “Invalid input JSON on line 27, column 3: Could not resolve subtype of [simple type, class | com.hubspot.conversations.publicapi.core.messages.PublicMessageEgg]: missing type id property \u0027type\u0027” { “limit”: 5, “after”: “5”, “properties”: [ “id” ], “filterGroups”:[{ “filters”:[ { “propertyName”:“hs\_lastmodifieddate”, “operator”:“BETWEEN”, “highValue”: 1730260800000, “value”:1727755200000 }, { “propertyName”:“hs\_pipeline”, “operator”:“EQ”, “value”:63784995 } ] }], “sorts”: [{ “propertyName”: “id”, “direction”: “ASCENDING” } ] } The only difference is after 0 vs after 5. ---
**Author:** ![SteveHTM](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/stevehtm/32/22074_2.png) [@SteveHTM](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SteveHTM)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/question-on-the-after-parameter/119365/4 "2024-10-29T14:59:36Z")
- as Jaycee mentions, you should check the value of the total and paging.next.after values returned from your first call. ```lia-code-sample { "total": 12, "results": [{ "id": ... }], "paging": { "next": { "after": "5" } } } ``` If these do not indicate addition records available then there may be something else going wrong. Good luck! Steve @DanaIrvine ---
**Author:** ![DanaIrvine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanaIrvine](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DanaIrvine)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/question-on-the-after-parameter/119365/5 "2024-10-29T16:02:36Z")
Nevermind, assigned a variable in the wrong spot in my loop.. duh! Meet with Dana Irvine\<\> [A close up of a logo Description automatically generated] [facebook]\<\> [linkedin] \<\> [twitter] \<\> Dana Irvine (they/them/theirs) IT Manager Tel: 866.444.4615 x1007 Direct: 609-879-0020 [www.paragonpayroll.com](http://www.paragonpayroll.com)\<\> Please note that all times are EST unless otherwise specified. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ From: Dana Irvine Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 11:16 AM To: hubspot.prod|52220eb7|6fe2fc0f-89cb-443a-a18d-e14f3c523b06@replybyemail.usw2.prod.hosted.lithcloud.com Subject: Re: Question on the “after” parameter I am running this in powershell, the same JSON works in postman. Makes no sense.