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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import os
+import re
+from glob import glob
+import unicodedata
+
+import ox
+from ox.utils import json
+from oxdjango.api import actions
+from oxdjango.decorators import login_required_json
+from oxdjango.http import HttpFileResponse
+from oxdjango.shortcuts import render_to_json_response, get_object_or_404_json, json_response, HttpErrorJson
+from django import forms
+from django.db.models import Count, Sum
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from item import utils
+from item.models import Item
+from itemlist.models import List
+from entity.models import Entity
+from archive.chunk import process_chunk
+from changelog.models import add_changelog
+
+from . import models
+from . import tasks
+
+def parse_query(data, user):
+    query = {}
+    query['range'] = [0, 100]
+    query['sort'] = [{'key': 'page', 'operator': '+'}, {'key': 'title', 'operator': '+'}]
+    for key in ('keys', 'group', 'file', 'range', 'position', 'positions', 'sort'):
+        if key in data:
+            query[key] = data[key]
+    query['qs'] = models.Page.objects.find(data, user)
+    return query
+
+def _order_query(qs, sort):
+    prefix = 'document__sort__'
+    order_by = []
+    for e in sort:
+        operator = e['operator']
+        if operator != '-':
+            operator = ''
+        key = {
+            'index': 'document__items__itemproperties__index',
+            'position': 'id',
+            'name': 'title',
+        }.get(e['key'], e['key'])
+        if key == 'resolution':
+            order_by.append('%swidth' % operator)
+            order_by.append('%sheight' % operator)
+        else:
+            if '__' not in key and key not in ('created', 'modified', 'page'):
+                key = "%s%s" % (prefix, key)
+            order = '%s%s' % (operator, key)
+            order_by.append(order)
+    if order_by:
+        qs = qs.order_by(*order_by, nulls_last=True)
+    qs = qs.distinct()
+    return qs
+
+
+def findPages(request, data):
+    '''
+    Finds documents pages for a given query
+    takes {
+        query: object, // query object, see `find`
+        sort: [object], // list of sort objects, see `find`
+        range: [int, int], // range of results, per current sort order
+        keys: [string] // list of keys to return
+    }
+    returns {
+        items: [{ // list of pages
+            id: string
+            page: int
+        }]
+    }
+    '''
+    query = parse_query(data, request.user)
+    #order
+    qs = _order_query(query['qs'], query['sort'])
+
+    response = json_response()
+    if 'group' in query:
+        response['data']['items'] = []
+        items = 'items'
+        document_qs = query['qs']
+        order_by = _order_by_group(query)
+        qs = models.Facet.objects.filter(key=query['group']).filter(document__id__in=document_qs)
+        qs = qs.values('value').annotate(items=Count('id')).order_by(*order_by)
+
+        if 'positions' in query:
+            response['data']['positions'] = {}
+            ids = [j['value'] for j in qs]
+            response['data']['positions'] = utils.get_positions(ids, query['positions'])
+        elif 'range' in data:
+            qs = qs[query['range'][0]:query['range'][1]]
+            response['data']['items'] = [{'name': i['value'], 'items': i[items]} for i in qs]
+        else:
+            response['data']['items'] = qs.count()
+    elif 'keys' in data:
+        qs = qs[query['range'][0]:query['range'][1]]
+
+        response['data']['items'] = [l.json(data['keys'], request.user) for l in qs]
+    elif 'position' in data:
+        #FIXME: actually implement position requests
+        response['data']['position'] = 0
+    elif 'positions' in data:
+        ids = list(qs.values_list('id', flat=True))
+        response['data']['positions'] = utils.get_positions(ids, query['positions'], decode_id=True)
+    else:
+        response['data']['items'] = qs.count()
+    return render_to_json_response(response)
+actions.register(findPages)
+