Started converting some of the backend over to Typescript, still trying to figure out a overall file strucure, in terms of adding the ability to have multiple backend fileserver options

backend/utils/createQuery.js

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+const createQuery = (owner, parent,sortBy, startAt, startAtDate,searchQuery, startAtName) => {
+
+    let query = {"metadata.owner": owner}
+
+    if (searchQuery !== "") {
+
+        searchQuery = new RegExp(searchQuery, 'i')
+
+        query = {...query, filename: searchQuery}
+
+    } else {
+
+        query = {...query, "metadata.parent": parent}
+    }
+
+    if (startAt) {
+
+        if (sortBy === "date_desc" || sortBy === "DEFAULT") {
+
+            query = {...query, "uploadDate": {$lt:  new Date(startAtDate)}}
+
+        } else if (sortBy === "date_asc") {
+
+            query = {...query, "uploadDate": {$gt:  new Date(startAtDate)}}
+
+        } else if (sortBy === "alp_desc") {
+
+            query = {...query, "filename": {$lt:  startAtName}}
+
+        } else {
+
+            query = {...query, "filename": {$gt:  startAtName}}
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    return query;
+
+}
+
+module.exports = createQuery