Forum Discussion

tripp-bishop's avatar
tripp-bishop
Mentor
11 years ago

sorting REST call

Hi guys,   I'm trying to find out if/how I can sort the following REST call: /blogs/id/myblog/topics?page=1&page_size=50&restapi.response_style=view   I've tried adding the following query par...
  • samudhraa's avatar
    samudhraa
    11 years ago

    Hi tripp-bishop ,

     

    I think the below REST call might help you.

     

    /blogs/id/myblog/search/messages?q=is_root:true&sort_by=date

     

    It searches for messages that are topics(root messages) within your blog and sorts them by date. I believe the date is in chronological order. 

    As a side note , If you need it in reverse chronological order , change the sort_by parameter to "sort_by=-date" . 

    PS : I have found sort_by parameter to work , usually with search calls .

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Thanks,

    Sam

samudhraa's avatar
samudhraa
Expert
11 years ago

Hi tripp-bishop ,

 

I think the below REST call might help you.

 

/blogs/id/myblog/search/messages?q=is_root:true&sort_by=date

 

It searches for messages that are topics(root messages) within your blog and sorts them by date. I believe the date is in chronological order. 

As a side note , If you need it in reverse chronological order , change the sort_by parameter to "sort_by=-date" . 

PS : I have found sort_by parameter to work , usually with search calls .

 

Hope that helps.

 

Thanks,

Sam

  • tripp-bishop's avatar
    tripp-bishop
    Mentor
    11 years ago
    samudhraa of course, a lucene query instead. That's the ticket. I got so fixated on the bloody OOB REST call I didn't think of that, but that's exactly the low effort, efficient solution that I was looking for and was certain existed. Thanks!