# Cursor connections
Relay's cursor connection specification is defined to provide a consistent method for query paging. For more details on the specification see the [GraphQL Cursor Connections Specification](https://facebook.github.io/relay/graphql/connections.htm)。
It is simple to define a cursor connection in `Async-GraphQL`
1. Implement `async_graphql::DataSource` and write the `execute_query` function.
2. Call `DataSource::query` in the field's resolver function and return the result.
Here is a simple data source that returns continuous integers:
```rust
use async_graphql::*;
use async_graphql::connection::*;
struct Integers;
#[DataSource]
impl DataSource for Integers {
// Type for cursor
type CursorType = usize;
// Type for response
type NodeType = i32;
// We don't need to extend the connection fields, so this can be empty
type ConnectionFieldsType = EmptyFields;
// We don't need to extend the edge fields, so this can be empty
type EdgeFieldsType = EmptyFields;
async fn execute_query(
&mut self,
_ctx: &Context<'_>,
after: Option<usize>,
before: Option<usize>,
first: Option<usize>,
last: Option<usize>,
) -> FieldResult<Connection<usize, i32, EmptyFields, EmptyFields>> {
let mut start = after.map(|after| after + 1).unwrap_or(0);
let mut end = before.unwrap_or(10000);
if let Some(first) = first {
end = (start + first).min(end);
}
if let Some(last) = last {
start = if last > end - start {
end
} else {
end - last
};
}
let mut connection = Connection::new(start > 0, end < 10000);
connection.append(
(start..end).into_iter().map(|n|
Ok(Edge::new_with_additional_fields(n, n as i32, EmptyFields)),
)?;
Ok(connection)
}
}
struct Query;
#[Object]
impl Query {
#[field]
async fn numbers(&self,
ctx: &Context<'_>,
after: Option<String>,
before: Option<String>,
first: Option<i32>,
last: Option<i32>,
) -> FieldResult<Connection<usize, i32, EmptyFields, EmptyFields>> {
Integers.query(ctx, after, before, first, last).await
}
}
```