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# Authentication

### Common Parameters

* **`start`**: The record to begin at.
  * Default: `0`
* **`limit`**: The number of records to return.
  * Default: `100`
  * Maximum: `1000`
* **`sort`**: How the records are sorted. See specific API calls for valid values.
* **`sort_desc`**: Set to `1` to sort in descending order.
  * Default: False

### Example

Responses that contain lists have the following generic format:

```
{
   request: {
      sort: 1,
      start: 100,          //if not 0
      asof: '2022-01-01',  //if specified in request
      target_filter: 'pci' //if specified in request
      target_count: 10,
   },
   pagination: {
      total: 1533,
      start: 100,
      limit 100
   },
   list: [
      {...},{...},{...}
   ]
}
```