update elastic query to handle sorting

newsroom/wire/search.py

@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ def get_bookmarks_count(self, user_id):
         except Forbidden:
             return 0
 
-    def get_items(self, item_ids, size=None, aggregations=None, apply_permissions=False):
+    def get_items(
+        self, item_ids, size=None, aggregations=None, apply_permissions=False, sort_by=None, sort_order="desc"
+    ):
         search = SearchQuery()
 
         try:
@@ -155,6 +157,9 @@ def get_items(self, item_ids, size=None, aggregations=None, apply_permissions=Fa
             if aggregations is not None:
                 search.source["aggs"] = aggregations
 
+            if sort_by:
+                search.source["sort"] = [{sort_by: {"order": sort_order}}]
+
             req = ParsedRequest()
             req.args = {"source": json.dumps(search.source)}
 

newsroom/wire/views.py

@@ -545,15 +545,14 @@ def item(_id):
 @login_required
 def items(_ids):
     item_ids = _ids.split(",")
-    items = superdesk.get_resource_service("wire_search").get_items(item_ids)
+    items = superdesk.get_resource_service("wire_search").get_items(
+        item_ids, sort_by="versioncreated", sort_order="desc"
+    )
     for item in items:
         set_permissions(
             item,
             "wire",
             False if flask.request.args.get("ignoreLatest") == "false" else True,
         )
 
-    # Sorting the list by versioncreated in descending order
-    sorted_items = sorted(items.docs, key=lambda item: item["versioncreated"], reverse=True)
-
-    return jsonify(sorted_items), 200
+    return jsonify(items.docs), 200