Use MS sorting rather than manual JS

packages/backend/src/db/meilisearch.ts

@@ -121,6 +121,19 @@ if (hasConfig) {
 			),
 		);
 
+	posts
+		.updateRankingRules([
+			"sort",
+			"words",
+			"typo",
+			"proximity",
+			"attribute",
+			"exactness",
+		])
+		.catch((e) => {
+			logger.error("Failed to set ranking rules, sorting won't work properly.");
+		});
+
 	logger.info("Connected to MeiliSearch");
 }
 
@@ -160,6 +173,7 @@ export default hasConfig
 				limit: number,
 				offset: number,
 				userCtx: ILocalUser | null,
+				overrideSort: string | null,
 			) => {
 				/// Advanced search syntax
 				/// from:user => filter by user + optional domain
@@ -170,8 +184,10 @@ export default hasConfig
 				/// "text" => get posts with exact text between quotes
 				/// filter:following => show results only from users you follow
 				/// filter:followers => show results only from followers
+				/// order:desc/asc => order results ascending or descending
 
 				const constructedFilters: string[] = [];
+				let sortRules: string[] = [];
 
 				const splitSearch = query.split(" ");
 
@@ -278,6 +294,14 @@ export default hasConfig
 									);
 								}
 
+								return null;
+							} else if (term.startsWith("order:desc")) {
+								sortRules.push("createdAt:desc");
+
+								return null;
+							} else if (term.startsWith("order:asc")) {
+								sortRules.push("createdAt:asc");
+
 								return null;
 							}
 
@@ -286,14 +310,27 @@ export default hasConfig
 					)
 				).filter((term) => term !== null);
 
-				const sortRules = [];
-
 				// An empty search term with defined filters means we have a placeholder search => https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/reference/api/search#placeholder-search
 				// These have to be ordered manually, otherwise the *oldest* posts are returned first, which we don't want
-				if (filteredSearchTerms.length === 0 && constructedFilters.length > 0) {
+				// If the user has defined a sort rule, don't mess with it
+				if (
+					filteredSearchTerms.length === 0 &&
+					constructedFilters.length > 0 &&
+					sortRules.length === 0
+				) {
 					sortRules.push("createdAt:desc");
 				}
 
+				// More than one sorting rule doesn't make sense. We only keep the first one, otherwise weird stuff may happen.
+				if (sortRules.length > 1) {
+					sortRules = [sortRules[0]];
+				}
+
+				// An override sort takes precedence, user sorting is ignored here
+				if (overrideSort) {
+					sortRules = [overrideSort];
+				}
+
 				logger.info(`Searching for ${filteredSearchTerms.join(" ")}`);
 				logger.info(`Limit: ${limit}`);
 				logger.info(`Offset: ${offset}`);

packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts

@@ -191,11 +191,10 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 				chunkSize,
 				start,
 				me,
+				sortByDate ? "createdAt:desc" : null,
 			);
 			const results: MeilisearchNote[] = searchRes.hits as MeilisearchNote[];
 
-			console.log(JSON.stringify(results));
-
 			start += chunkSize;
 
 			if (results.length === 0) {
@@ -226,13 +225,6 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 				});
 
 			extractedNotes.push(...res);
-			console.log(extractedNotes);
-		}
-
-		// Depending on the ordering requested, return the notes sorted by relevancy as
-		// returned by Meilisearch or order chronologically
-		if (sortByDate) {
-			extractedNotes.sort((a, b) => b.createdAt - a.createdAt);
 		}
 
 		// Fetch the notes from the database until we have enough to satisfy the limit
@@ -240,29 +232,18 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 		const found = [];
 		const noteIDs = extractedNotes.map((note) => note.id);
 
-		// Index the ID => index number into a map, so we can sort efficiently later
+		// Index the ID => index number into a map, so we can restore the array ordering efficiently later
 		const idIndexMap = new Map(noteIDs.map((id, index) => [id, index]));
 
 		while (found.length < ps.limit && start < noteIDs.length) {
 			const chunk = noteIDs.slice(start, start + chunkSize);
 
-			let query: FindManyOptions = sortByDate
-				? {
-						where: {
-							id: In(chunk),
-						},
-						order: {
-							id: "DESC",
-						},
-				  }
-				: {
+			let query: FindManyOptions = {
 				where: {
 					id: In(chunk),
 				},
 			};
 
-			console.log(JSON.stringify(query));
-
 			const notes: Note[] = await Notes.find(query);
 
 			// Re-order the note result according to the noteIDs array (cannot be undefined, we map this earlier)