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how to set the search {sort} direction (ascending/descending)

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I am using the {sort: 'field'} option when using the index.search(options) API. How can I set the sort direction (ascending/descending)?

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Created 4 years ago
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desjobcommented, Jul 16, 2019

One thing I noticed about custom sorting is that it seems to be applied after the limit. So with a limit of 10, you would get the top 10 results based on score, but after that you sort those i.e. on date. However if you then show the second page it can lead to some unexpected results, because the dates don’t start where the first page stopped.

Is the built in “sort” applied before the limit?

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desjobcommented, Jul 16, 2019

I would prefer the {sort: 'field', order: 'desc'} Or, alternatively, an extra “sortDirection” field on root level of the config object, which would be backwards compatible if it gets the current order (ascending) by default.