Ordering Opinions (API)

[flooie]

Update API to include ordering for opinions

[flooie]

Ordering key already is represented into the API. I believe it may have been automatic.

[flooie]

what does API ordering mean to you @mlissner? Is it more than just providing ordering key in the Opinion API endpoint or do we want to ensure that the order is provided from inside the cluster endpoint?

[mlissner]

A couple things:

• If we have nested opinions, can/should they be ordered properly?
• Can people sort by the new ordering key?

I'm just trying to think of things we'd want if we were consuming the API, basically?

[flooie]

Can/should nested opinions be ordered properly?

• Yes, they can and should be ordered properly.

Can people sort by the new ordering key?

• I don’t think we should allow sorting by the ordering key. The order is mainly important for reading opinions in sequence, and sorting by it otherwise doesn’t add value. I cant imagine a scenario where someone says - give me the fourth opinions for scotus - and not give me the dissents.

The bigger issue, in my view, is the confusion caused by grouping unrelated items together. I’d prefer to just return the sub-divided opinions if applicable without grouping them with combined opinions where both exist. However, I understand that people want more data. Technically combined opinions aren't sub_opinions. Maybe it's sub opinions - or opinions?