Answers.Body: <p>This should do the trick:</p>
  
  <pre><code>'criteria' =&gt; [
      'section' =&gt; 'trucks',
      'limit'   =&gt; 10,
      'order'   =&gt; 'title asc',
  ]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/templating/elementcriteriamodel" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Element Criteria Model documentation</a> has more information about setting criteria.</p>
  
  <h3>Update for Craft 3.x*</h3>
  
  <pre><code>The “order” element query param has been deprecated. Use “orderBy” instead.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>* Craft v3.0.11 reports this in the <code>/admin</code> under <code>deprecation errors</code></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Ah that did the trick. I tried that but not from WITHIN criteria, only after criteria.
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Answers.Body: <p>Just setting the limit property doesn’t do the trick alone, you need to deactivate pagination, too:</p>
  
  <pre><code>'criteria' =&gt; [
      'section' =&gt; 'trucks',
      'limit'   =&gt; 10,
      'orderBy'   =&gt; 'title asc',
  ],
  'paginate' =&gt; false,
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>Currently collaborating on a site with another developer, which is using ElementAPI pretty heavily for content delivery. </p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to limit the number of returns on any given json feed? Say; only return the 10 most recent entries in any given channel? Or order the returned data by a specified field asc/desc?</p>
  
  <p>A sample code: </p>
  
  <pre><code>'trucks.json' =&gt; [
    'elementType' =&gt; 'Entry',
    'criteria' =&gt; ['section' =&gt; 'trucks'],
    'paginate' =&gt; false,
    'transformer' =&gt; function(EntryModel $entry) {
      return [
        (int)$entry-&gt;id,
        $entry-&gt;manufacturer,
  </code></pre>
  
Tags: <plugin-elementapi><order><limit>
Title: ElementAPI: How to order and/or limit results?
ThreadText: # ElementAPI: How to order and/or limit results?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-19)
  
  Currently collaborating on a site with another developer, which is using ElementAPI pretty heavily for content delivery.
  
  Is there a way to limit the number of returns on any given json feed? Say; only return the 10 most recent entries in any given channel? Or order the returned data by a specified field asc/desc?
  
  A sample code:
  
  ```
  'trucks.json' => [
    'elementType' => 'Entry',
    'criteria' => ['section' => 'trucks'],
    'paginate' => false,
    'transformer' => function(EntryModel $entry) {
      return [
        (int)$entry->id,
        $entry->manufacturer,
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** plugin-elementapi, order, limit
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-04-19. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  This should do the trick:
  
  ```
  'criteria' => [
      'section' => 'trucks',
      'limit'   => 10,
      'order'   => 'title asc',
  ]
  
  ```
  
  The [Element Criteria Model documentation](https://craftcms.com/docs/templating/elementcriteriamodel) has more information about setting criteria.
  
  ### Update for Craft 3.x\*
  
  ```
  The “order” element query param has been deprecated. Use “orderBy” instead.
  
  ```
  
  \* Craft v3.0.11 reports this in the `/admin` under `deprecation errors`
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Ah that did the trick. I tried that but not from WITHIN criteria, only after criteria.  
  > **username_0**: Is there a means to change the sort via the api, versus doing it on the front-end?  
  > **username_1**: Updated my answer with an "order" parameter.  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-11-27. Score: 3
  
  Just setting the limit property doesn’t do the trick alone, you need to deactivate pagination, too:
  
  ```
  'criteria' => [
      'section' => 'trucks',
      'limit'   => 10,
      'orderBy'   => 'title asc',
  ],
  'paginate' => false,
  
  ```
  
  
  ---
  
  