next/lib/server/listQuerier.ts

import { Band } from "~/models/band"
import { Challenge } from "~/models/challenges/gen"
import { Story } from "~/models/stories"

export default async function(query, context, limit?: number, sort?) {
	query["chapters.hidden"] = false
		if(context.currentUser) {
			if(!query.author) query.author = {}
			if(!query["chapters.bands"]) query["chapters.bands"] = {}
			query["chapters.bands"]["$nin"] = context.currentUser.hidden_bands
			query["author"]["$nin"] = context.currentUser.hidden_authors
		}
		query["ficmas"] = {
			"$nin": context.ficmasarray_raw.map(a => a._id)
		};
		console.log(query)
		let stories = await Story.find(query, null).collation({locale: "en"}).sort(sort ? sort : {"chapters.posted": -1})
			.populate({path: 'ficmas', populate: {path: 'wisher', model: 'User', select: 'username _id'}}).populate("chapters.bands")
			.populate({path: "challenge", model: Challenge}).populate('author', 'username _id')
			.limit(limit || Infinity)
			.exec();
		return stories.filter(a => a.author != null)
}