add support for sort in collection.find function

Author: Deniz Alpaslan

.gitignore

@@ -124,3 +124,6 @@ arango/version.py
 
 # test results
 *_results.txt
+
+# devcontainers
+.devcontainer

arango/collection.py

@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@
 from arango.typings import Fields, Headers, Json, Jsons, Params
 from arango.utils import (
     build_filter_conditions,
+    build_sort_expression,
     get_batches,
     get_doc_id,
     is_none_or_bool,
     is_none_or_int,
     is_none_or_str,
+    validate_sort_parameters,
 )
 
 
@@ -753,6 +755,7 @@ def find(
         skip: Optional[int] = None,
         limit: Optional[int] = None,
         allow_dirty_read: bool = False,
+        sort: Sequence[Json] = [],
     ) -> Result[Cursor]:
         """Return all documents that match the given filters.
 
@@ -771,16 +774,18 @@ def find(
         assert isinstance(filters, dict), "filters must be a dict"
         assert is_none_or_int(skip), "skip must be a non-negative int"
         assert is_none_or_int(limit), "limit must be a non-negative int"
+        if sort:
+            validate_sort_parameters(sort)
 
         skip_val = skip if skip is not None else 0
         limit_val = limit if limit is not None else "null"
         query = f"""
             FOR doc IN @@collection
                 {build_filter_conditions(filters)}
                 LIMIT {skip_val}, {limit_val}
+                {build_sort_expression(sort)}
                 RETURN doc
         """
-
         bind_vars = {"@collection": self.name}
 
         request = Request(

arango/utils.py

@@ -126,3 +126,42 @@ def build_filter_conditions(filters: Json) -> str:
         conditions.append(f"doc.{field} == {json.dumps(v)}")
 
     return "FILTER " + " AND ".join(conditions)
+
+
+def validate_sort_parameters(sort: Sequence[Json]) -> bool:
+    """Validate sort parameters for an AQL query.
+
+    :param sort: Document sort parameters.
+    :type sort: Sequence[Json]
+    :return: Validation success.
+    :rtype: bool
+    :raise arango.exceptions.DocumentGetError: If sort parameters are invalid.
+    """
+    assert isinstance(sort, Sequence)
+    for param in sort:
+        if "sort_by" not in param or "sort_order" not in param:
+            raise DocumentParseError(
+                "Each sort parameter must have 'sort_by' and 'sort_order'."
+            )
+        if param["sort_order"].upper() not in ["ASC", "DESC"]:
+            raise DocumentParseError("'sort_order' must be either 'ASC' or 'DESC'")
+    return True
+
+
+def build_sort_expression(sort: Sequence[Json]) -> str:
+    """Build a sort condition for an AQL query.
+
+    :param sort: Document sort parameters.
+    :type sort: Sequence[Json]
+    :return: The complete AQL sort condition.
+    :rtype: str
+    """
+    if not sort:
+        return ""
+
+    sort_chunks = []
+    for sort_param in sort:
+        chunk = f"doc.{sort_param['sort_by']} {sort_param['sort_order']}"
+        sort_chunks.append(chunk)
+
+    return "SORT " + ", ".join(sort_chunks)

docs/document.rst

@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ Standard documents are managed via collection API wrapper:
         assert student['GPA'] == 3.6
         assert student['last'] == 'Kim'
 
+    # Retrieve one or more matching documents, sorted by a field.
+    for student in students.find({'first': 'John'}, sort=[{'sort_by': 'GPA', 'sort_order': 'DESC'}]):
+        assert student['_key'] == 'john'
+        assert student['GPA'] == 3.6
+        assert student['last'] == 'Kim'
+
     # Retrieve a document by key.
     students.get('john')
 

tests/test_document.py

@@ -1162,6 +1162,26 @@ def test_document_find(col, bad_col, docs):
     # Set up test documents
     col.import_bulk(docs)
 
+    # Test find with sort expression (single field)
+    found = list(col.find({}, sort=[{"sort_by": "text", "sort_order": "ASC"}]))
+    assert len(found) == 6
+    assert found[0]["text"] == "bar"
+    assert found[-1]["text"] == "foo"
+
+    # Test find with sort expression (multiple fields)
+    found = list(
+        col.find(
+            {},
+            sort=[
+                {"sort_by": "text", "sort_order": "ASC"},
+                {"sort_by": "val", "sort_order": "DESC"},
+            ],
+        )
+    )
+    assert len(found) == 6
+    assert found[0]["val"] == 6
+    assert found[-1]["val"] == 1
+
     # Test find (single match) with default options
     found = list(col.find({"val": 2}))
     assert len(found) == 1