From 4ac7e2990913fc9c999d2b6a0c1ddd8e0409ec82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Ribble <eli@gleipnir.technology>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:46:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Sort messages by creation time

---
 api/communication.go                       | 11 ++++++++++
 api/handler.go                             |  6 ------
 api/query_params.go                        | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 html/template/sync/communication-root.html |  1 +
 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 api/query_params.go

diff --git a/api/communication.go b/api/communication.go
index ab8d84e9..63ca312d 100644
--- a/api/communication.go
+++ b/api/communication.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package api
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
+	"slices"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Gleipnir-Technology/nidus-sync/config"
@@ -72,6 +73,16 @@ func listCommunication(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request, org *models.Organiz
 			Type:         "water",
 		}
 	}
+	_by_created := func(a, b communication) int {
+		if a.Created == b.Created {
+			return 0
+		} else if a.Created.Before(b.Created) {
+			return 1
+		} else {
+			return -1
+		}
+	}
+	slices.SortFunc(comms, _by_created)
 	return &contentListCommunication{
 		Communications: comms,
 	}, nil
diff --git a/api/handler.go b/api/handler.go
index 451d60af..fcbfbc5e 100644
--- a/api/handler.go
+++ b/api/handler.go
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ import (
 
 var decoder = schema.NewDecoder()
 
-type queryParams struct {
-	Limit *int    `schema:"limit"`
-	Sort  *string `schema:"sort"`
-	Type  *string `schema:"type"`
-}
-
 type handlerFunctionGet[T any] func(context.Context, *http.Request, *models.Organization, *models.User, queryParams) (*T, *nhttp.ErrorWithStatus)
 type wrappedHandler func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
 type contentAuthenticated[T any] struct {
diff --git a/api/query_params.go b/api/query_params.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b929247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/query_params.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package api
+
+type queryParams struct {
+	Limit *int    `schema:"limit"`
+	Sort  *string `schema:"sort"`
+	Type  *string `schema:"type"`
+}
+
+func (qp queryParams) SortOrDefault(default_name string, ascending bool) (string, bool) {
+	if qp.Sort == nil {
+		return default_name, ascending
+	}
+	s := *qp.Sort
+	if s == "" {
+		return default_name, ascending
+	}
+	a := true
+	if s[0] == '-' {
+		a = false
+	}
+	if s[0] == '+' || s[0] == '-' {
+		s = s[1:]
+	}
+	return s, a
+}
diff --git a/html/template/sync/communication-root.html b/html/template/sync/communication-root.html
index 0dffd2ce..da79ed75 100644
--- a/html/template/sync/communication-root.html
+++ b/html/template/sync/communication-root.html
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
 					try {
 						// Build query parameters from filters
 						const params = new URLSearchParams();
+						params.append("sort", "-created");
 						if (this.typeFilter) params.append("type", this.typeFilter);
 
 						const response = await fetch(