How can you handle pagination when listing objects in an S3 bucket with a large number of files?

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How can you handle pagination when listing objects in an S3 bucket with a large number of files?
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The `listObjectsV2` method supports pagination. You can use the `NextContinuationToken` property in the response to retrieve the next page of objects. You can loop through the pages until all objects are listed. ```javascript const AWS = require('aws-sdk'); const s3 = new AWS.S3(); let params = { Bucket: 'your-bucket-name' }; let continuationToken = null; while ((continuationToken = await s3.listObjectsV2(params, { ContinuationToken: continuationToken }).promise().ContinuationToken) !== null) { console.log(continuationToken); // Process objects on this page } ```