Add order_by to list user admin API (#9691)

synapse/storage/databases/main/__init__.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
 from synapse.api.constants import PresenceState
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 from synapse.storage.database import DatabasePool
+from synapse.storage.databases.main.stats import UserSortOrder
 from synapse.storage.engines import PostgresEngine
 from synapse.storage.util.id_generators import (
     IdGenerator,
@@ -292,6 +293,8 @@ class DataStore(
         name: Optional[str] = None,
         guests: bool = True,
         deactivated: bool = False,
+        order_by: UserSortOrder = UserSortOrder.USER_ID.value,
+        direction: str = "f",
     ) -> Tuple[List[JsonDict], int]:
         """Function to retrieve a paginated list of users from
         users list. This will return a json list of users and the
@@ -304,6 +307,8 @@ class DataStore(
             name: search for local part of user_id or display name
             guests: whether to in include guest users
             deactivated: whether to include deactivated users
+            order_by: the sort order of the returned list
+            direction: sort ascending or descending
         Returns:
             A tuple of a list of mappings from user to information and a count of total users.
         """
@@ -312,6 +317,14 @@ class DataStore(
             filters = []
             args = [self.hs.config.server_name]
 
+            # Set ordering
+            order_by_column = UserSortOrder(order_by).value
+
+            if direction == "b":
+                order = "DESC"
+            else:
+                order = "ASC"
+
             # `name` is in database already in lower case
             if name:
                 filters.append("(name LIKE ? OR LOWER(displayname) LIKE ?)")
@@ -339,10 +352,15 @@ class DataStore(
             txn.execute(sql, args)
             count = txn.fetchone()[0]
 
-            sql = (
-                "SELECT name, user_type, is_guest, admin, deactivated, shadow_banned, displayname, avatar_url "
-                + sql_base
-                + " ORDER BY u.name LIMIT ? OFFSET ?"
+            sql = """
+                SELECT name, user_type, is_guest, admin, deactivated, shadow_banned, displayname, avatar_url
+                {sql_base}
+                ORDER BY {order_by_column} {order}, u.name ASC
+                LIMIT ? OFFSET ?
+            """.format(
+                sql_base=sql_base,
+                order_by_column=order_by_column,
+                order=order,
             )
             args += [limit, start]
             txn.execute(sql, args)

synapse/storage/databases/main/stats.py

@@ -66,18 +66,37 @@ TYPE_TO_ORIGIN_TABLE = {"room": ("rooms", "room_id"), "user": ("users", "name")}
 class UserSortOrder(Enum):
     """
     Enum to define the sorting method used when returning users
-    with get_users_media_usage_paginate
+    with get_users_paginate in __init__.py
+    and get_users_media_usage_paginate in stats.py
 
-    MEDIA_LENGTH = ordered by size of uploaded media. Smallest to largest.
-    MEDIA_COUNT = ordered by number of uploaded media. Smallest to largest.
+    When moves this to __init__.py gets `builtins.ImportError` with
+    `most likely due to a circular import`
+
+    MEDIA_LENGTH = ordered by size of uploaded media.
+    MEDIA_COUNT = ordered by number of uploaded media.
     USER_ID = ordered alphabetically by `user_id`.
+    NAME = ordered alphabetically by `user_id`. This is for compatibility reasons,
+    as the user_id is returned in the name field in the response in list users admin API.
     DISPLAYNAME = ordered alphabetically by `displayname`
+    GUEST = ordered by `is_guest`
+    ADMIN = ordered by `admin`
+    DEACTIVATED = ordered by `deactivated`
+    USER_TYPE = ordered alphabetically by `user_type`
+    AVATAR_URL = ordered alphabetically by `avatar_url`
+    SHADOW_BANNED = ordered by `shadow_banned`
     """
 
     MEDIA_LENGTH = "media_length"
     MEDIA_COUNT = "media_count"
     USER_ID = "user_id"
+    NAME = "name"
     DISPLAYNAME = "displayname"
+    GUEST = "is_guest"
+    ADMIN = "admin"
+    DEACTIVATED = "deactivated"
+    USER_TYPE = "user_type"
+    AVATAR_URL = "avatar_url"
+    SHADOW_BANNED = "shadow_banned"
 
 
 class StatsStore(StateDeltasStore):