How can I write an if/else loop that searches for an newRecord in a table and clicks it, or goes to the next page?

Question

Scenario: I'm using CodeceptJS to automate:

• creating a new record on a table (paginates on 20 records)
• searching the table for the record
• if the record can be found on the first page, click it
• else click the next button and try search until the record is found.

I can easily find the record if it's on the first page by searching the table div and inserting the newRecordID. But I'm struggling to write an if/else loop that'll iterate through each page until the record is found. The below code also doesn't click the next button for some reason.

My best attempt:

let searchID = {xpath: "//div[normalize-space()= '"+ newRecordID +"'][1]"}; 

if (searchID) {
    I.click(searchID); //I click the id if found
    I.wait(2);
    I.say("found it");
} 
else {
   I.click(locatorsPage.locators.nextButton); //clicks the next page button
   I.click(searchID);
    I.wait(2);
    I.say("found it on another page");
}

I tried something along this line but no luck yet:

do {
    I.click(searchID);
        I.wait(2);
        I.say("found it");

    if (searchID) {
        I.seeElementInDOM(searchID);
    
    } else {
        I.click(locatorsPage.locators.nextBtn);
        I.click(searchID);
         I.wait(2);
         I.say("found it second page")
        }}
         while (!searchID);


});