11# Filtering entities
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3- Laravel Restify provides configurable and powerful way of filtering over entities.
4-
5- - Prerequisites
6-
7- In order to make a model searchable, it should implement the ` Binaryk\LaravelRestify\Contracts\RestifySearchable ` contract.
8- After running this command, add the ` Binaryk\LaravelRestify\Traits\InteractWithSearch ` trait to your model.
9- This trait will provide a few helper methods to your model which allow you to filter.
10-
11- ::: tip
12- The searchable feature is available as for the Restify generated endpoints as well as from a custom Controller searching,
13- ` $this->search(Model::class) `
14- :::
3+ Laravel Restify provides configurable and powerful way of filtering over entities.
154
165## Search
176
187If you want search for some specific fields from a model, you have to define these fields in the ` $search ` static
198property:
209
2110``` php
22- use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
23- use Binaryk\LaravelRestify\Traits\InteractWithSearch;
24- use Binaryk\LaravelRestify\Contracts\RestifySearchable;
25-
26- class Post extends Model implements RestifySearchable
11+ class PostRepository extends Repository
2712{
28- use InteractWithSearch;
29-
3013 public static $search = ['id', 'title'];
3114```
3215
33- Now the ` Post ` entity is searchable by ` id ` and ` title ` , so you could use ` search ` query param for filtering the index
16+ Now ` posts ` are searchable by ` id ` and ` title ` , so you could use ` search ` query param for filtering the index
3417request:
3518
3619``` http request
@@ -39,22 +22,18 @@ GET: /restify-api/posts?search="Test title"
3922
4023## Match
4124
42- Matching by specific attributes may be useful if you want an exact matching. Model
43- configuration:
25+ Matching by specific attributes may be useful if you want an exact matching.
4426
45- ``` php
46- use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
47- use Binaryk\LaravelRestify\Traits\InteractWithSearch;
48- use Binaryk\LaravelRestify\Contracts\RestifySearchable;
27+ Repository configuration:
4928
50- class Post extends Model implements RestifySearchable
29+ ``` php
30+ class PostRepository extends Repository
5131{
52- use InteractWithSearch;
53-
54- public static $search = ['id', 'title'];
55-
56- public static $match = ['id' => 'int', 'title' => 'string'];
57-
32+ public static $match = [
33+ 'id' => RestifySearchable::MATCH_INTEGER
34+ 'title' => RestifySearchable::MATCH_TEXT,
35+ ];
36+ }
5837```
5938
6039As we may notice the match configuration is an associative array, defining the attribute name and type mapping.
@@ -79,7 +58,6 @@ or by title:
7958GET: /restify-api/posts?title="Some title"
8059```
8160
82-
8361### Match datetime
8462
8563The ` datetime ` filter add behind the scene an ` whereDate ` query.
@@ -134,24 +112,14 @@ When index query entities, usually we have to sort by specific attributes.
134112This requires the ` $sort ` configuration:
135113
136114``` php
137- use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
138- use Binaryk\LaravelRestify\Traits\InteractWithSearch;
139- use Binaryk\LaravelRestify\Contracts\RestifySearchable;
140-
141- class Post extends Model implements RestifySearchable
115+ class PostRepository extends Repository
142116{
143- use InteractWithSearch;
144-
145- public static $search = ['id', 'title'];
146-
147- public static $match = ['id' => 'int', 'title' => 'string'];
148-
149117 public static $sort = ['id'];
150118```
151119
152120 Performing request requires the sort query param:
153121
154- Sorting DESC requires a minus sign before the attribute name:
122+ Sorting DESC requires a minus ( ` - ` ) sign before the attribute name:
155123
156124 ``` http request
157125GET: /restify-api/posts?sort=-id
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