Why most API paginations do not rely on HTTP Range header?

Question

I\'ve searched a lot but I can\'t find a good answer to this question. Being a HATEOAS aficionado, I would think that this header fit perfectly:

    Range: item=         


        

Answer 1

Most of the times you don't want to show all of your items by default. With ?p=2 style pages it's ok to reserve root / for first page. With "Range" header it would be strange behavior. HTTP became overbloated long time ago so I wouldn't recommend to accept every its headers as Truth.