default order should be highest score first

src/nouveau/src/nouveau_fabric_search.erl

@@ -197,14 +197,9 @@ merge_fun(Sort) ->
         compare_order(Sort, OrderA, OrderB)
     end.
 
-%% no sort order specified
-compare_order(null, [A | ARest], [B | BRest]) ->
-    case couch_ejson_compare:less(convert_item(A), convert_item(B)) of
-        0 ->
-            compare_order(null, ARest, BRest);
-        Less ->
-            Less < 1
-    end;
+%% no sort order specified which means sort by relevance (high to low)
+compare_order(null, As, Bs) ->
+    compare_order([<<"-">>], As, Bs);
 %% server-side adds _id on the end of sort order if not present
 compare_order([], [A], [B]) ->
     couch_ejson_compare:less(convert_item(A), convert_item(B)) < 1;

test/elixir/test/config/nouveau.elixir

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "search returns all items for GET",
     "search returns all items for POST",
     "search returns all items (paginated)",
+    "search returns all matches for hello by relevance",
     "search for foo:bar",
     "search for numeric ranges with locales",
     "multiple values for stored field",

test/elixir/test/nouveau_test.exs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ defmodule NouveauTest do
     resp = Couch.post("/#{db_name}/_bulk_docs",
       headers: ["Content-Type": "application/json"],
       body: %{:docs => [
-                %{"_id" => "doc4", "foo" => "foo", "bar" => 42, "baz" => "hello there"},
+                %{"_id" => "doc4", "foo" => "foo", "bar" => 42, "baz" => "hello hello there"},
                 %{"_id" => "doc3", "foo" => "bar", "bar" => 12.0, "baz" => "hello"},
                 %{"_id" => "doc1", "foo" => "baz", "bar" => 0, "baz" => "there"},
                 %{"_id" => "doc2", "foo" => "foobar", "bar" => 100, "baz" => "hi"},
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ defmodule NouveauTest do
               index("string", "foo", doc.foo, {store: true});
               index("double", "bar", doc.bar, {store: true});
               index("stored", "baz", doc.foo);
+              if (doc.baz) {index("text", "txt", doc.baz);}
             }
           """
         }
@@ -117,6 +118,11 @@ defmodule NouveauTest do
     Enum.map(hits, fn hit -> hit["doc"]["_id"] end)
   end
 
+  def get_orders(resp) do
+    %{:body => %{"hits" => hits}} = resp
+    Enum.map(hits, fn hit -> hit["order"] end)
+  end
+
   def get_mango_ids(resp) do
     %{:body => %{"docs" => docs}} = resp
     Enum.map(docs, fn doc -> doc["_id"] end)
@@ -187,6 +193,22 @@ defmodule NouveauTest do
     assert ids == ["doc1", "doc2", "doc3", "doc4"]
   end
 
+  @tag :with_db
+  test "search returns all matches for hello by relevance", context do
+    db_name = context[:db_name]
+    create_search_docs(db_name)
+    create_ddoc(db_name)
+
+    url = "/#{db_name}/_design/foo/_nouveau/bar"
+    resp = Couch.get(url, query: %{q: "txt:hello", include_docs: true})
+    assert_status_code(resp, 200)
+    ids = get_ids(resp)
+    orders = get_orders(resp)
+    # doc4 scores higher (more hello's)
+    assert ids == ["doc4", "doc3"]
+    assert Enum.at(Enum.at(orders, 0), 0)["value"] > Enum.at(Enum.at(orders, 1), 0)["value"]
+  end
+
   @tag :with_db
   test "search returns all items for POST", context do
     db_name = context[:db_name]