How to force the order of authors in a frontend using GROQ queries in Sanity.io.

hey! I'm iterating over authors, what's the best way to force the order I want on my frontend?

The order returned from your GROQ query should be retained when using

client.fetch()

.

the thing is, how do I set the order in the first place to what I want?

I'm thinking adding like an "order" property but I wanted to know if there's a better way

Ahh, got it. Yes, order() is the way to go.

hmm but I don't have any property to order from right now

I believe the default is

order(_id asc)

, though I wouldn’t expect it to make a difference if you leave it unspecified. Are you finding your order of authors is changing on your front end?

no, I want a specific order

I'm always getting the same order but that's not the one I need for my page

basically, it's the team page and I want to sort it by hire date

What order are you after?

Ahh. Is there a hire date field?

should I just add hire date I guess

as a property

not right now

I was hoping to do it manually but it doesn't seem to be a way of doing that I guess

I believe you could use this plugin if you want to do it manually. The page includes instructions on how to order in GROQ and GraphQL.

This is exactly what I wanted!

I'll try it out and get back to you

update: yes, exactly what I needed, it was super easy to use! thank you

just curious Geoff, is it more recommended to use GROQ or GraphQL?

I think that’ll depend on the tech you’re using and who you ask. I tend to see Next.js users using GROQ and Gatsby users using GraphQL. That said, someone built a plugin to use GROQ with Gatsby and some Next users will use GraphQL because that’s what they know. There are some things that can be done in GraphQL but not GROQ (e.g., recursive dereferencing), but for the most part I find GROQ pairs extremely well with Sanity.

okay gotcha, we're using GROQ with Next now but it's my first time using it

so we'll continue with it

I think you’ll be happy with that.

perfect, thank you for the detailed answer

Feel free to ask any questions here or in the groq channel. There are also some recent streams with and about using GROQ (there’s a part 3 but it’s not included in that playlist yet). The docs are also geared toward GROQ users so you’ll find plenty of use cases littered throughout. I consult the cheat sheet daily.