Bug 19370: Add helper function for order_by attribute generation
This patch introduces a helper function called 'dbic_merge_sorting'
to Koha::REST::Plugin::Query.
This simple function adds SQL::Abstract order_by attribute to the passed
$filter hashref, as explained in the POD.
It introduces a syntax for passing sorting params on the request to the REST api.
The proposed syntax has been found in the wild, and is pretty trivial to parse/work with:
GET /api/v1/<endpoint>?order_by=+column_1|-column_2|column_3
As explained on the POD, + stands for 'asc' and - for 'desc'. If ommited, it defaults to the
DB engine default (usually asc).
To test:
- Apply this patches
- Run:
$ sudo koha-shell kohadev
k$ cd kohaclone
k$ prove t/Koha/REST/Plugin/Query.t
=> SUCCESS: Tests pass! And they make sense! :-P
- Sign off :-D
Edit: renamed params to match DBIC terminology. My bad :-D (tcohen)
Sponsored-by: Camden County Signed-off-by: Lari Taskula <lari.taskula@jns.fi> Signed-off-by: Kyle M Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org>