Sorting is a useful tool to obtain items from the Ubidots API in the correct order.
In order to sort the result simply add the query parameter sort_by=parameter
Sorting can be applied on the following attributes:
| Parameter | Default Order | Description |
|---|---|---|
| label | Alphabetically | Label of entity |
| name | Alphabetically | Name of entity |
| username | Alphabetically | Username |
| created_at | Oldest first | Date entity was created |
| lastTriggered | Oldest first | Date an event was las triggered |
Inverse Order
All parameters have a default sort order which can be inverted by prefixing a hyphen, e.g.
-created_ator-label.
GET https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/?sort_by=label&fields=label
//Returns Array 'results' with all devices sorted alphabetically
{
"count": 5,
"next": null,
"previous": null,
"results": [
{
"label": "a_device"
},
{
"label": "b_device"
},
{
"label": "c_device"
},
{
"label": "d_device"
},
{
"label": "e_device"
}
]
}
//Inversing the order
GET https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/?sort_by=-label&fields=label
//Returns Array 'results' with all devices sorted alphabetically
{
"count": 5,
"next": null,
"previous": null,
"results": [
{
"label": "e_device"
},
{
"label": "d_device"
},
{
"label": "c_device"
},
{
"label": "b_device"
},
{
"label": "a_device"
}
]
}