Sorting and Filtering

When specified, requests that return multiple items can be sorted and filtered based on a few parameters and the data available.

Sorting

Sorting is determined through the use of the _sort query string parameter. The value of this is a comma-separated list of sort keys. Sort directions can optionally be appended to each sort key, separated by the : character.

The supported sort directions are either asc for ascending or desc for descending. If a sort direction is not specified for a key, then a default of ascending will be assumed.

Examples

• Only sort keys specified:
  • _sort=key1,key2,key3
  • key1 is the first key, key2 is the second key, etc.
  • Sort directions are defaulted to ascending
• Some sort directions specified:
  • _sort=key1:desc,key2,key3
  • key1 is sorted in descending order
  • key2 and key3 still use the default order of ascending
• Equal number of sort keys and directions specified:
  • _sort=key1:asc,key2:desc,key3:asc
  • Each key is paired with a corresponding direction

Filtering

Filtering is determined through the use of the _filter query string parameter. The value should (naturally) be the value you need to filter for.

Multiple filters result in an implicit AND.

OR filters will not be supported, requiring separate requests per query.

For queries that need comparisons other than simple equals, operators are supported for inequality, greater-than, greater-than-or-equal, less-than, and less-than-or-equal-to. In order, the operators are gt, gte, lt, and lte. Simple equality is the default operation, and is performed as ?_filter=param:foo.

For example, finding objects with a size greater than 8 would be written as ?_filter=size:gt:8.