Sorting

Sort results

Parameters

The sortBy parameter allows to control the sorting of the results with a list of different values (and order for each value). In order to sort by an attribute, it must be defined as a Sortable attribute in the XO Console.

Name	Type	Is Required ?	Default value
sortBy	array of SortValue	✖	empty array

sortBy

Sort results by a list of values. Each SortValue must be a JSON object with the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
attribute	string	Name of the value to sort by. Must be defined in the XO Console.
order	'asc' or 'desc'	Order of the results (ascending / descending)

Notes

• By default, order is set to 'asc' if not specified

• SortValue objects are evaluated by order of appearance. ie. The first SortValue takes precedence over the second, etc...

• The sort order depends on the attribute type: numeric values are sorted in numeric order, strings are sorted in alphanumeric order, dates in chronological order ...

• If one of the attributes is not registered as a Sortable attribute in the XO Console, an error is returned.

Response

All responses from XO Search uses the same format. Check API Reference page for a more detailed description of this format.

API Reference

Usage example

• Sort results by decreasing price order

SDK - JS

NodeJS / NPM example

import { search } from '@attraqt/search';

const query = 'T-shirt';

search.init({ token: SEARCH_API_TOKEN });

const response = await search.query(query, {
  sortBy: [
    {
      attribute: 'price',
      order: 'desc'
    }
  ]
});

console.log(response);

HTML example

<script type="text/javascript">
    xo.init({
        search: {
            token: 'SEARCH_API_TOKEN'
        }
    });

    xo.search.query('T-Shirt', {
        sortBy: [
            {
                attribute: 'price',
                order: 'desc'
            }
        ]
    }).then((response) => {
        console.log(response);
    });
</script>

API - POST

HTTP example

POST https://api-eu.attraqt.io/search HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{
  "token": "SEARCH_API_TOKEN",
  "query": "T-Shirt",
  "options": {
    "sortBy": [
      {
        "attribute": "price",
        "order": "desc" 
      }
    ]
  }
}

curl example

curl -d "{\"token\":\"${SEARCH_API_TOKEN}\", \"query\":\"T-Shirt\", \"options\":{\"sortBy\":[{\"attribute\":\"price\", \"order\":\"desc\"}]}}" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8"                                                                                        \
     -X POST "https://api-eu.attraqt.io/search"

JavaScript example

const response = await fetch('https://api-eu.attraqt.io/search', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    token: SEARCH_API_TOKEN,
    query: 'T-Shirt',
    options: {
      sortBy: [
        {
          attribute: 'price',
          order: 'desc'
        }
      ]
    }
  })
});

if (response.ok) {
  console.log(await response.json());
}

API - GET

HTTP example

GET https://api-eu.attraqt.io/search/:token?encoded=:encodedParams HTTP/1.1

curl example

curl "https://api-eu.attraqt.io/search/${SEARCH_API_TOKEN}?encoded=%7B%22query%22%3A%22T-Shirt%22%2C%20%22options%22%3A%7B%22sortBy%22%3A%5B%7B%22attribute%22%3A%22price%22%2C%22order%22%3A%22desc%22%7D%5D%7D%7D"

JavaScript example

const token = SEARCH_API_TOKEN;
const params = encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify({
  query: 'T-shirt',
  options: {
    sortBy: [
      {
        'attribute': 'price',
        'order': 'desc'
      }
    ]
  }
}));

const response = await fetch(
  `https://api-eu.attraqt.io/search/${token}?encoded=${params}`
);

if (response.ok) {
  console.log(await response.json());
}