Hello everyone is there a way to scroll up and down in the search scroll API of Elasticsearch? i mean, if i reach the end and nothing shows i want to go back in the opposite direction. if it's not possible is there a workaround for it. Thanks in advance

You can use: the size and from parameters to display by default up to 10000 records to your users. If you want to change this limit, you can change index.max_result_window setting but be aware of the consequences (ie memory). the search after feature to do deep pagination. the Scroll API if you wa…

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How to scroll back in Elasticsearch Search Scroll API

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warkolm (Mark Walkom) April 9, 2020, 1:02am 2

A scroll is one way, forward. You cannot go back.

If nothing shows then what do you have to scroll back on though?

Does the PIT API allow scrolling backward?

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