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### Example - Sort contact records by last name ascending  
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### Example - GET contact records and sort by last name ascending  
  
 
* Table name: contact
 
* Table name: contact
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* Request URL: <pre>https://foo.com/api/v2/db/_table/contact?order=last_name%20ASC</pre>
 
* Request URL: <pre>https://foo.com/api/v2/db/_table/contact?order=last_name%20ASC</pre>
  
### Example - Sort contact records by last name descending
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### Example - GET contact records and sort by last name descending
  
 
* Table name: contact
 
* Table name: contact
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* Request URL: <pre>https://foo.com/api/v2/db/_table/contact?order=last_name%20DESC</pre>
 
* Request URL: <pre>https://foo.com/api/v2/db/_table/contact?order=last_name%20DESC</pre>
  
### Example - Sort contact records by last name ascending, then by first name ascending (nested sort)
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### Example - GET contact records and sort by last name ascending, then by first name ascending (nested sort)
  
 
* Table name: contact
 
* Table name: contact
 
* Order parameter in API call: <pre>last_name ASC, first_name ASC</pre>
 
* Order parameter in API call: <pre>last_name ASC, first_name ASC</pre>
 
* Request URL: <pre>https://foo.com/api/v2/db/_table/contact?order=last_name%20ASC%2C%20first_name%20ASC</pre>
 
* Request URL: <pre>https://foo.com/api/v2/db/_table/contact?order=last_name%20ASC%2C%20first_name%20ASC</pre>

Revision as of 17:20, 15 October 2015

      1. Tutorial

Sort records in a SQL or NoSQL query. Try these examples in the 'API Docs' tab of the DreamFactory Admin Console or from the command line with cURL.

      1. API Endpoint
GET https://{url}/api/v2/{api_name}/_table/{table_name}?order={sort_order}
      1. API Docs Screenshot

Swagger-order.png

      1. Example - GET contact records and sort by last name ascending
  • Table name: contact
  • Order parameter in API call:
    last_name ASC
  • Request URL:
    https://foo.com/api/v2/db/_table/contact?order=last_name%20ASC
      1. Example - GET contact records and sort by last name descending
  • Table name: contact
  • Order parameter in API call:
    last_name DESC
  • Request URL:
    https://foo.com/api/v2/db/_table/contact?order=last_name%20DESC
      1. Example - GET contact records and sort by last name ascending, then by first name ascending (nested sort)
  • Table name: contact
  • Order parameter in API call:
    last_name ASC, first_name ASC
  • Request URL:
    https://foo.com/api/v2/db/_table/contact?order=last_name%20ASC%2C%20first_name%20ASC