Add optional sort_on parameter to @vocabularies

[hasansyed107]

Hey team! I've added a sort_on query parameter to the @vocabularies endpoint to allow for server-side sorting by either title or token.

Why this matters:
Previously, if you had a large vocabulary, you'd have to sort it on the frontend after batching, which led to inconsistent results. Now, we sort the terms before the batching happens.

How I built it:

I made sure the sorting logic exactly matches how terms are serialized. If a term doesn't have a title, it falls back to the token so the alphabetical list stays consistent.

Handled i18n translations and case-insensitivity so "Title" and "title" (or "Tötle") play nice together.

Added functional tests to cover these new cases without touching the existing 1,300+ tests.

Closes #1989. Thanks for taking a look!

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📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://plonerestapi--1990.org.readthedocs.build/

[mister-roboto]

@hasansyed107 thanks for creating this Pull Request and helping to improve Plone!

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Happy hacking!

[davisagli]

I'm okay with this feature, but:

1. It's really frustrating that I have to spend time telling you to re-add comments and tests that were removed for no good reason. If you continue doing this, I will not review your PRs.
2. Sorting on token makes no sense, it's an internal identifier not visible to the user
3. The new option needs to be included in the documentation

[stevepiercy]

@davisagli I'd close this PR, and even consider a temporary ban from the Plone GitHub organization per https://6.docs.plone.org/contributing/first-time.html#requirements to give the author the time they need to review that and reconsider their actions. We're volunteers, and such persistent, careless, and disrespectful behavior shouldn't be tolerated.

I've done exactly that in the Volto and Documentation repos a few times for similar behavior.

[hasansyed107]

Hi @davisagli, thank you for the feedback.

You’re absolutely right — removing those comments and tests during iteration was a mistake on my part. I understand that review time is limited, and I apologize for the extra work this caused.

I’ve now:

• Restored the original comments and tests.
• Removed token sorting as suggested.
• Updated the documentation accordingly.

All tests pass locally and CI checks are running.

Thanks again for the thorough review.

[hasansyed107]

@jenkins-plone-org please run jobs

[hasansyed107]

I’ve resolved the merge conflict and rebased the branch to align with the latest changes.

The vocabulary sorting logic is now consistent with the serialized output, and the documentation includes the generated HTTP examples.

All tests are passing locally — happy to address any feedback.

[stevepiercy]

Docs look good, with one suggested change.

https://plonerestapi--1990.org.readthedocs.build/en/1990/endpoints/vocabularies.html#sort-vocabularies-by-title

[hasansyed107]

@jenkins-plone-org please run jobs

[stevepiercy]

Docs look good. Needs a final technical review.

[davisagli]

Thanks for updating based on my earlier feedback. This looks quite good now, my new comments are just final cleanup.

[hasansyed107]

@jenkins-plone-org please run jobs

[hasansyed107]

Hi @davisagli, thanks for the suggestions. I’ve applied the requested cleanup changes

[davisagli]

Thanks!