refactor: sort news by datePublished on backend

src/app/modules/news/news.provider.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
 import {SCMessage} from '@openstapps/core';
 import {DataProvider} from '../data/data.provider';
-
 /**
  * Service for providing news messages
  */
@@ -23,16 +22,15 @@ import {DataProvider} from '../data/data.provider';
   providedIn: 'root',
 })
 export class NewsProvider {
-  constructor(private dataProvider: DataProvider) {}
+  constructor(private dataProvider: DataProvider) {
+  }
 
   /**
    * Get news messages
-   * TODO: make dates sortable on the backend side and then adjust this method
    *
    * @param size How many messages/news to fetch
-   * @param sort If sort by date needs to be performed
    */
-  async getList(size: number, sort?: boolean): Promise<SCMessage[]> {
+  async getList(size: number): Promise<SCMessage[]> {
     const result = await this.dataProvider.search({
       filter: {
         type: 'value',
@@ -41,28 +39,16 @@ export class NewsProvider {
           value: 'message',
         },
       },
+      sort: [{
+        type: 'generic',
+        arguments: {
+          field: 'datePublished',
+        },
+        order: 'desc',
+      }],
       size: size,
     });
 
-    const news = result.data as SCMessage[];
-
-    if (sort) {
-      news.sort((a, b) => {
-        if (
-          typeof a.datePublished !== 'undefined' &&
-          typeof b.datePublished !== 'undefined'
-        ) {
-          return a.datePublished > b.datePublished
-            ? -1
-            : a.datePublished < b.datePublished
-            ? 1
-            : 0;
-        }
-
-        return 0;
-      });
-    }
-
-    return news;
+    return result.data as SCMessage[];
   }
 }

src/app/modules/news/page/news-page.component.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
  * this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-import {Component, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component} from '@angular/core';
 import {IonRefresher} from '@ionic/angular';
 import {SCMessage} from '@openstapps/core';
 import {NewsProvider} from '../news.provider';
@@ -23,20 +23,21 @@ import {NewsProvider} from '../news.provider';
   selector: 'stapps-news-page',
   templateUrl: 'news-page.html',
 })
-export class NewsPageComponent implements OnInit {
+export class NewsPageComponent {
   /**
    * News (messages) to show
    */
   news: SCMessage[] = [];
 
-  constructor(private newsProvider: NewsProvider) {}
+  constructor(private newsProvider: NewsProvider) {
+  }
 
   /**
    * Fetch news from the backend
    */
   async fetchNews() {
-    /* eslint-disable no-magic-numbers */
-    this.news = await this.newsProvider.getList(30, true);
+    /* tslint:disable:no-magic-numbers */
+    this.news = await this.newsProvider.getList(30);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ export class NewsPageComponent implements OnInit {
   async refresh(refresher: IonRefresher) {
     try {
       await this.fetchNews();
-    } catch {
+    } catch (e) {
       this.news = [];
     } finally {
       await refresher.complete();