fix: sort search results chronologically when no query is provided

src/pages/api/search/index.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ export default async function handler(
     query: { q = '', tags: tagsString = '', type: typeString = '' },
   } = req
 
+  const query = Array.isArray(q) ? q.join(' ').trim() : q.trim()
+
   const tags =
     typeof tagsString === 'string'
       ? tagsString
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ export default async function handler(
   if (postTypes.length > 0) {
     const response = await strapiApi.searchPosts({
       tags,
-      query: Array.isArray(q) ? q.join(' ').trim() : q.trim(),
+      query,
       types: postTypes as LPE.PostType[],
       limit: 15,
       skip: 0,
@@ -52,6 +54,14 @@ export default async function handler(
     result.posts.push(...(response.data ?? []))
   }
 
+  if (query.trim().length === 0) {
+    result.posts = result.posts.sort(
+      (a, b) =>
+        +new Date((b.data as LPE.Post.Document).publishedAt || 0) -
+        +new Date((a.data as LPE.Post.Document).publishedAt || 0),
+    )
+  }
+
   res.status(200).json({
     data: result,
   })

src/services/strapi/transformers/Post.transformer.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export const postTransformer: Transformer<
         slug,
         modifiedAt: publishedAt,
         createdAt: publishedAt,
+        publishedAt,
         coverImage,
         tags,
         content,

src/types/lpe.types.ts

@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ export namespace LPE {
 
       createdAt: string | null
       modifiedAt: string | null
+      publishedAt: string | null
       type: typeof LPE.PostTypes.Article
     }