# The per\_page parameter is just totally ignored it seems

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-per-page-parameter-is-just-totally-ignored-it-seems/118343
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [21 mei 2019 om 22:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-per-page-parameter-is-just-totally-ignored-it-seems/118343 "2019-05-21T22:53:41Z")
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### Author: ![objc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/objc/32/137669_2.png) [@objc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/objc)
#### Post date: [21 mei 2019 om 22:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-per-page-parameter-is-just-totally-ignored-it-seems/118343/1 "2019-05-21T22:53:41Z")

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It always comes back with `per_page=50` and never gives you back more or less than 50 topics. `page=N` isn’t ignored obviously.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [26 mei 2019 om 23:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-per-page-parameter-is-just-totally-ignored-it-seems/118343/2 "2019-05-26T23:45:29Z")

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We should allow some play here, but need to be very careful with limits. Recategorizing this as feature request.