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server/models/utils.ts

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+// Translate for example "-name" to [ 'name', 'DESC' ]
+function getSort (value) {
+  let field
+  let direction
+
+  if (value.substring(0, 1) === '-') {
+    direction = 'DESC'
+    field = value.substring(1)
+  } else {
+    direction = 'ASC'
+    field = value
+  }
+
+  return [ field, direction ]
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export {
+  getSort
+}