Add ability to sort by field in GraphQL

[LeeroyJenks]

I don't know if it's something I just can't find, but I haven't been able to find a way to sort my query by fields on GraphQL

I'm building a simple blog, and currently I have to manually order the posts each time using the sort field. I'd like to have posts ordered so that most recent is first. I may be overcomplicating things.

Currently I have something like:

posts {
  data {
    id
    created_on
    sort_order
    title
  }
}

but I'd like to be able to order like so:

posts(sort:{ order: DESC, fields: created_on }) {
  data {
    id
    created_on
    sort_order
    title
  }
}

Is this possible? Does it already exist and I just can't figure out how to do it?

[flayks]

I highly support this even though I know Directus v9 is in the pipes and might bring this functionality alive.

[classicalguss]

Any updates on this?

[jvmonjo]

Absolutely a MUST. I can't even sort blog posts by date of creation and this a very basic feature.

[fveracoechea]

Are there any updates on this?

[benhaynes]

We will be including this in the upcoming v9 release, but the core team will not be adding this to v8.