function createQuery()

in firestore/solution-sharded-timestamp/shardedTimestamps.js [90:136]


function createQuery(fieldName, fieldOperator, fieldValue, limit = 5) {
  // For each shard value, map it to a new query which adds an additional
  // where clause specifying the shard value.
  return Promise.all(shardChunks().map(shardChunk => {
        return fs.collection('instruments')
            .where('shard', 'in', shardChunk)  // new shard condition
            .where(fieldName, fieldOperator, fieldValue)
            .orderBy('timestamp', 'desc')
            .limit(limit)
            .get();
      }))
      // Now that we have a promise of multiple possible query results, we need
      // to merge the results from all of the queries into a single result set.
      .then((snapshots) => {
        // Create a new container for 'all' results
        const docs = [];
        snapshots.forEach((querySnapshot) => {
          querySnapshot.forEach((doc) => {
            // append each document to the new all container
            docs.push(doc);
          });
        });
        if (snapshots.length === 1) {
          // if only a single query was returned skip manual sorting as it is
          // taken care of by the backend.
          return docs;
        } else {
          // When multiple query results are returned we need to sort the
          // results after they have been concatenated.
          // 
          // since we're wanting the `limit` newest values, sort the array
          // descending and take the first `limit` values. By returning negated
          // values we can easily get a descending value.
          docs.sort((a, b) => {
            const aT = a.data().timestamp;
            const bT = b.data().timestamp;
            const secondsDiff = aT.seconds - bT.seconds;
            if (secondsDiff === 0) {
              return -(aT.nanoseconds - bT.nanoseconds);
            } else {
              return -secondsDiff;
            }
          });
          return docs.slice(0, limit);
        }
      });
}