FEATURE REQUEST: Add API Pagination to Backend List Endpoints

[sharma-sugurthi]

Is your feature request related to a problem?

• Yes, it is related to a problem

Describe the feature you'd like

🌟 Feature Description

Add pagination support to all backend list endpoints (/users/, /sponsorships/, /posts/, /sponsorship-applications/, /collaborations/) to prevent performance degradation as the database grows.

🔍 Problem Statement

Currently, all list endpoints fetch ALL records from the database without any pagination limits. For example:

@router.get("/users/")
async def get_users():
    result = supabase.table("users").select("*").execute()  # Returns every user!
    return result

As the platform scales to hundreds/thousands of users, sponsorships, and posts, this will cause:

• Severe database performance issues
• Network timeouts on the frontend
• High memory consumption on both client and server
• Poor user experience with infinite scroll loading

🎯 Expected Outcome

All list endpoints should support pagination with:

• Query parameters: skip (offset) and limit (items per page)
• Default values: skip=0, limit=50
• Maximum limit: 100 items per request
• Response should include:
  - data: Array of items
  - total: Total count of items
  - has_more: Boolean indicating if more items exist
  - skip: Current offset
  - limit: Items per page

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• I want to work on implementing this feature

[Divine-P-77777]

Hi! I would like to work on implementing pagination for these endpoints.
Could you please assign this issue to me if it's still available?

[alphacoder-hash]

Hi! I'd love to work on this issue for GSoC 2026. Could you assign it to me?