---
title: "ListQueryBuilder"
generated: true
---
<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/service/helpers/list-query-builder/list-query-builder.ts" sourceLine="207" packageName="@vendure/core" />

This helper class is used when fetching entities the database from queries which return a [PaginatedList](/reference/typescript-api/common/paginated-list#paginatedlist) type.
These queries all follow the same format:

In the GraphQL definition, they return a type which implements the `Node` interface, and the query returns a
type which implements the `PaginatedList` interface:

```GraphQL
type BlogPost implements Node {
  id: ID!
  published: DateTime!
  title: String!
  body: String!
}

type BlogPostList implements PaginatedList {
  items: [BlogPost!]!
  totalItems: Int!
}

# Generated at run-time by Vendure
input BlogPostListOptions

extend type Query {
   blogPosts(options: BlogPostListOptions): BlogPostList!
}
```
When Vendure bootstraps, it will find the `BlogPostListOptions` input and, because it is used in a query
returning a `PaginatedList` type, it knows that it should dynamically generate this input. This means
all primitive field of the `BlogPost` type (namely, "published", "title" and "body") will have `filter` and
`sort` inputs created for them, as well a `skip` and `take` fields for pagination.

Your resolver function will then look like this:

```ts
@Resolver()
export class BlogPostResolver
  constructor(private blogPostService: BlogPostService) {}

  @Query()
  async blogPosts(
    @Ctx() ctx: RequestContext,
    @Args() args: any,
  ): Promise<PaginatedList<BlogPost>> {
    return this.blogPostService.findAll(ctx, args.options || undefined);
  }
}
```

and the corresponding service will use the ListQueryBuilder:

```ts
@Injectable()
export class BlogPostService {
  constructor(private listQueryBuilder: ListQueryBuilder) {}

  findAll(ctx: RequestContext, options?: ListQueryOptions<BlogPost>) {
    return this.listQueryBuilder
      .build(BlogPost, options)
      .getManyAndCount()
      .then(async ([items, totalItems]) => {
        return { items, totalItems };
      });
  }
}
```

```ts title="Signature"
class ListQueryBuilder implements OnApplicationBootstrap {
    constructor(connection: TransactionalConnection, configService: ConfigService)
    filterObjectHasProperty(filterObject: FP | NullOptionals<FP> | null | undefined, property: keyof FP) => boolean;
    build(entity: Type<T>, options: ListQueryOptions<T> = {}, extendedOptions: ExtendedListQueryOptions<T> = {}) => SelectQueryBuilder<T>;
}
```
* Implements: OnApplicationBootstrap



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### constructor

<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`(connection: <a href='/reference/typescript-api/data-access/transactional-connection#transactionalconnection'>TransactionalConnection</a>, configService: ConfigService) => ListQueryBuilder`}   />


### filterObjectHasProperty

<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`(filterObject: FP | NullOptionals<FP> | null | undefined, property: keyof FP) => boolean`}   />

Used to determine whether a list query `filter` object contains the
given property, either at the top level or nested inside a boolean
`_and` or `_or` expression.

This is useful when a custom property map is used to map a filter
field to a related entity, and we need to determine whether the
filter object contains that property, which then means we would need
to join that relation.
### build

<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`(entity: Type<T>, options: ListQueryOptions<T> = {}, extendedOptions: <a href='/reference/typescript-api/data-access/list-query-builder#extendedlistqueryoptions'>ExtendedListQueryOptions</a><T> = {}) => SelectQueryBuilder<T>`}   />




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<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/service/helpers/list-query-builder/list-query-builder.ts" sourceLine="48" packageName="@vendure/core" />

Options which can be passed to the ListQueryBuilder's `build()` method.

```ts title="Signature"
type ExtendedListQueryOptions<T extends VendureEntity> = {
    relations?: string[];
    channelId?: ID;
    where?: FindOptionsWhere<T>;
    orderBy?: FindOneOptions<T>['order'];
    entityAlias?: string;
    ctx?: RequestContext;
    customPropertyMap?: { [name: string]: string };
    ignoreQueryLimits?: boolean;
}
```

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### relations

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`string[]`}   />


### channelId

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`<a href='/reference/typescript-api/common/id#id'>ID</a>`}   />


### where

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`FindOptionsWhere<T>`}   />


### orderBy

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`FindOneOptions<T>['order']`}   />


### entityAlias

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`string`}  since="1.6.0"  />

Allows you to specify the alias used for the entity `T` in the generated SQL query.
Defaults to the entity class name lower-cased, i.e. `ProductVariant` -> `'productvariant'`.
### ctx

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`<a href='/reference/typescript-api/request/request-context#requestcontext'>RequestContext</a>`}   />

When a RequestContext is passed, then the query will be
executed as part of any outer transaction.
### customPropertyMap

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`{ [name: string]: string }`}   />

One of the main tasks of the ListQueryBuilder is to auto-generate filter and sort queries based on the
available columns of a given entity. However, it may also be sometimes desirable to allow filter/sort
on a property of a relation. In this case, the `customPropertyMap` can be used to define a property
of the `options.sort` or `options.filter` which does not correspond to a direct column of the current
entity, and then provide a mapping to the related property to be sorted/filtered.

Example: we want to allow sort/filter by and Order's `customerLastName`. The actual lastName property is
not a column in the Order table, it exists on the Customer entity, and Order has a relation to Customer via
`Order.customer`. Therefore, we can define a customPropertyMap like this:

*Example*

```GraphQL
"""
Manually extend the filter & sort inputs to include the new
field that we want to be able to use in building list queries.
"""
input OrderFilterParameter {
    customerLastName: StringOperators
}

input OrderSortParameter {
    customerLastName: SortOrder
}
```

*Example*

```ts
const qb = this.listQueryBuilder.build(Order, options, {
  relations: ['customer'],
  customPropertyMap: {
    // Tell TypeORM how to map that custom
    // sort/filter field to the property on a
    // related entity.
    customerLastName: 'customer.lastName',
  },
};
```
We can now use the `customerLastName` property to filter or sort
on the list query:

*Example*

```GraphQL
query {
  myOrderQuery(options: {
    filter: {
      customerLastName: { contains: "sm" }
    }
  }) {
    # ...
  }
}
```
### ignoreQueryLimits

<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`boolean`} default={`false`}  since="2.0.2"  />

When set to `true`, the configured `shopListQueryLimit` and `adminListQueryLimit` values will be ignored,
allowing unlimited results to be returned. Use caution when exposing an unlimited list query to the public,
as it could become a vector for a denial of service attack if an attacker requests a very large list.


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