Added feature for sorting authors (internetarchive#11154)

* Added feature for sorting authors

* Apply suggestions from code review

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Co-authored-by: Drini Cami <[email protected]>

Author: krishnaGauss

openlibrary/i18n/messages.pot

@@ -2194,8 +2194,8 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Show changed files"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: admin/inspect/store.html admin/people/index.html status.html
-#: type/author/edit.html type/language/view.html
+#: admin/inspect/store.html admin/people/index.html search/sort_options.html
+#: status.html type/author/edit.html type/language/view.html
 msgid "Name"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -7099,6 +7099,14 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Random"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: search/sort_options.html
+msgid "Birth Date (oldest) (beta: Librarian only)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: search/sort_options.html
+msgid "Birth Date (youngest) (beta: Librarian only)"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: search/sort_options.html
 msgid "List Order"
 msgstr ""

openlibrary/plugins/worksearch/schemes/authors.py

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ class AuthorSearchScheme(SearchScheme):
     sorts = MappingProxyType(
         {
             'work_count desc': 'work_count desc',
+            'name': 'name asc',
+            # Birth Year
+            'birth_date asc': 'birth_date asc',
+            'birth_date desc': 'birth_date desc',
             # Random
             'random': 'random_1 asc',
             'random asc': 'random_1 asc',

openlibrary/templates/search/sort_options.html

@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@
                 return selected_sub_sort
 
      if search_scheme == 'authors':
-       sort_options = [
-         { 'sort': 'relevance', 'name': _("Relevance"), 'ga_key': 'Relevance' },
-         { 'sort': 'work_count desc', 'name': _("Work Count"), 'ga_key': 'WorkCountDesc' },
-         { 'sort': 'random', 'name': _("Random"), 'ga_key': 'Random', 'selected': selected_sort and selected_sort.startswith('random') },
-      ]
+        sort_options = [
+          { 'sort': 'relevance', 'name': _("Relevance"), 'ga_key': 'Relevance' },
+          { 'sort': 'work_count desc', 'name': _("Work Count"), 'ga_key': 'WorkCountDesc' },
+          { 'sort': 'name', 'name': _("Name"), 'ga_key': 'Name' },
+          { 'sort': 'random', 'name': _("Random"), 'ga_key': 'Random', 'selected': selected_sort and selected_sort.startswith('random') },
+        ]
+        if selected_sort in ('birth_date_asc', 'birth_date_desc') or (ctx.user and (ctx.user.is_admin() or ctx.user.is_librarian())):
+          sort_options.append({ 'sort': 'birth_date asc', 'name': _("Birth Date (oldest) (beta: Librarian only)"), 'ga_key': 'BirthDateOldest' })
+          sort_options.append({ 'sort': 'birth_date desc', 'name': _("Birth Date (youngest) (beta: Librarian only)"), 'ga_key': 'BirthDateYoungest' })
      elif search_scheme == 'lists_seeds':
        sort_options = [
          { 'sort': 'index', 'name': _("List Order"), 'ga_key': 'ListOrder' },