messagesByType: support sort by claimed timestamp

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/app.js b/lib/app.js
index 03e3010..f223745 100644
--- a/lib/app.js
+++ b/lib/app.js
@@ -1307,8 +1307,19 @@ App.prototype.sbotCreateUserStream = function (opts) {
 }
 
 App.prototype.sbotMessagesByType = function (opts) {
-  if (!this.sbot.messagesByType) return pull.error(new Error('missing sbot.messagesByType'))
-  return this.sbot.messagesByType(opts)
+  if (opts.sortByTimestamp) {
+    if (!this.sbot.query) {
+      return pull.error(new Error('missing ssb-query'))
+    }
+    return this.filter(this.sbot.query, opts, {
+      value: {content: {type: opts.type}}
+    })
+  } else {
+    if (!this.sbot.messagesByType) {
+      return pull.error(new Error('missing sbot.messagesByType'))
+    }
+    return this.sbot.messagesByType(opts)
+  }
 }
 
 App.prototype.getThread = function (msg) {