started initial page display

src/main/resources/static/main.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {fetchQuery} from "./contentUtility.js";
+import Dataset from "./dataset";
 
 const apiEndpoint = "/api/v1/datasets";
 const baseURL = location.origin;
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ function getSearchQuery() {
     let searchString = searchBar.value;
     return (searchString.length === 0 ? "%" : (searchString + "%"));
 }
+
 function getSortQuery() {
     let sortString = sortButton.value.toLowerCase().split(" ");
     if (sortString[1] === "a-z" || sortString[1] === "↑" || sortString[1] === "oldest-newest") {
@@ -181,8 +183,21 @@ function fetchCategories() {
         });
 }
 
+function fetchInitialEntries() {
+    let topVotedQueryURL = new URL(apiEndpoint + "/search" + baseURL);
+    topVotedQueryURL.searchParams.append("sort", getSortQuery()[0]);
+    topVotedQueryURL.searchParams.append("direction", getSortQuery()[1]);
+    topVotedQueryURL.searchParams.append("size", "1");
+    fetch(topVotedQueryURL)
+        .then(resp => resp.json())
+        .then((data) => {
+            document.querySelector("#top .datasets").appendChild(new Dataset(data[0]).createDatasetHTMLElement());
+        });
+}
+
 window.onload = function () {
     fetchCategories();
+    fetchInitialEntries();
     updateSections();
     if (searchBar.value !== "") {
         fetchQuery(createQuery());