CFML-Development-Guide.md

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ All API endpoints are Coldbox events in handlers extending **BaseHandler**. Each
 6. [Validation](#validating-api-requests)
 7. [Function](#api-endpoint-function)
 8. [Conventions (Expand)](#api-endpoint-conventions)
+9. [Conventions (Pagination)](#api-result-pagination)
 
 ### API Endpoint Authentication
 
@@ -217,3 +218,7 @@ The request object contains commonly-used fields for the logged-in user to reduc
 ## Retrieving the User Object for a Request
 
 In the event that the `qUser` object is needed at any point in the request on the back end, load it with the `getUser()` function on the security object so that it will be cached in that object and remain available for the duration of the request. 
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+## API Result Pagination
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+The inLeague API Response object was originally based on Coldbox 5's HMVC template. We have back-ported the addition of the pagination struct in CB6. The handler must have `prc.pagination` enabled ((`true`)), and then any data-execution functions must use Quick or QB's `.paginate()` functions, and `setDataWithPagination()` on the Response object instead of `setData()`. See this commit for an example in `invoice.cfc`: https://gitlab.inleague.io/inLeague/inLeague/-/commit/d8557f871fa3ac6cefdb3fa01b3d36976d1c0b23