Spring: Pageable turns a list endpoint into a paged one

Spring Data binds page, size and sort straight from the query string.

Code

@GetMapping("/orders")
Page<Order> list(@PageableDefault(size = 20, sort = "placedAt",
                                 direction = Sort.Direction.DESC) Pageable pageable) {
    return repo.findAll(pageable);
}

Output

GET /orders?page=2&size=50&sort=total,desc
{"content":[...],"totalElements":431,"totalPages":9,"number":2}

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Published 2026-08-11