update controller not to extend apiController and make some changes in repository + serializer

src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Repository/NewsItemRepository.php

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ namespace Chill\MainBundle\Repository;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Entity\NewsItem;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;
+use Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\ObjectRepository;
+use Faker\Core\DateTime;
 
 class NewsItemRepository implements ObjectRepository
 {
@@ -17,6 +19,11 @@ class NewsItemRepository implements ObjectRepository
         $this->repository = $entityManager->getRepository(NewsItem::class);
     }
 
+    public function createQueryBuilder(string $alias, string $indexBy = null): QueryBuilder
+    {
+        return $this->repository->createQueryBuilder($alias, $indexBy);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @inheritDoc
      */
@@ -40,7 +47,6 @@ class NewsItemRepository implements ObjectRepository
     {
         return $this->repository->findBy($criteria, $orderBy, $limit, $offset);
     }
-
     /**
      * @inheritDoc
      */
@@ -56,4 +62,39 @@ class NewsItemRepository implements ObjectRepository
     {
         return NewsItem::class;
     }
+
+    public function findWithDateFilter()
+    {
+        return $this->buildQueryWithDateFilter()
+            ->getQuery()
+            ->getResult();
+    }
+
+    public function countWithDateFilter()
+    {
+        return $this->buildQueryWithDateFilter()
+            ->select('COUNT(n)')
+            ->getQuery()
+            ->getSingleScalarResult();
+    }
+
+    public function buildQueryWithDateFilter(): QueryBuilder
+    {
+        $now = new \DateTime('now');
+
+        $qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('n');
+        $qb
+            ->where(
+                $qb->expr()->andX(
+                    $qb->expr()->gte('n.startDate', ':now'),
+                    $qb->expr()->orX(
+                        $qb->expr()->lt('n.endDate', ':now'),
+                        $qb->expr()->isNull('n.endDate')
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+            ->setParameter('now', $now);
+
+        return $qb;
+    }
 }