Server response time question

[Angelblue05 4131]

Just a quick question about the API /Items.

 

With a specific parentId, is it faster for the server to return a response by pulling a list of specified Ids delimited by commas (let's say 50) or pulling the entire list of item found under a specific parentId?

I don't necessarily want every items under a specific parentId.

 

Here is what I'm trying to determine. Is there's a point where pulling the entire list is preferred over specifying X number of Ids to return when not wanting all child items? What will return the faster response in theory. I hope this makes sense

 

Thanks!

[Luke 40077]

Unless the discrepancy in number of items is very large, then the difference is going to be negligible so just use whichever makes more sense for your operation.

[Angelblue05 4131]

Awesome! I was curious if it was really necessary to implement a limit of 50 add-on side. Doing the filtering app side might be less desirable then having the server do it (which will usually have more power to process this information faster vs having the firetv stick do it, for example)

Edited August 3, 2015 by Angelblue05