How do I get sorted cell data from the Google sheets v4 API?

Question

In the v3 API I could do something like:

String listFeedUrl = (new URI(worksheet.getListFeedUrl().toString())).toURL();
ListQuery lq = new ListQuery(listFeedUrl);

lq.setOrderBy("column:name");
lq.setReverse(false);

ListFeed lf = spreadsheetService.query(lq, ListFeed.class);

In v4 I'm not seeing an equivalent. What is the recommended way to get sorted cell data? Is my only choice to sort it once it's returned?

Answer 1

In fact you can do this, but the idea is to execute a request on the sheet to explicitly order the columns. I've managed to do it like this :

BatchUpdateSpreadsheetRequest busReq = new BatchUpdateSpreadsheetRequest();
SortSpec ss = new SortSpec();
// ordering ASCENDING or DESCENDING
ss.setSortOrder("DESCENDING");
// the column number starting from 0
ss.setDimensionIndex(1);
SortRangeRequest srr = new SortRangeRequest();
srr.setSortSpecs(Arrays.asList(ss));
Request req = new Request();
req.setSortRange(srr);
busReq.setRequests(Arrays.asList(req));
// mService is a instance of com.google.api.services.sheets.v4.Sheets
this.mService.spreadsheets().batchUpdate(spreadsheetId, busReq).execute();

Answer 2

It seem the answer is NO. See here

Order by column is not supported for reads, but it is possible to sort the data in the sheet (using a SortRange) request and then read it