What is the purpose of nextRecordsURL in the REST API?

The nextRecordsURL in the REST API serves a specific purpose in managing pagination when retrieving large sets of data. When a request is made to the API that returns a collection of records, it may not return all records in a single response due to limits on how much data can be sent at once. Instead, the response includes a nextRecordsURL, which is a URL that allows the client to retrieve the next batch or set of records.

This functionality is crucial for efficient data handling and ensuring that the client can paginate through larger datasets without overwhelming the network or memory resources. By using the nextRecordsURL, the client can make additional requests to obtain subsequent records incrementally, maintaining performance while accessing a potentially extensive list of data items.

While authentication and logging API usage are important functions, they are not related to the purpose of nextRecordsURL. Similarly, the concept of retrieving previous records does not apply here, as the nextRecordsURL is specifically designed to fetch additional, not previously-fetched, records.