Mongoose.js: Find user by username LIKE value

Question

I like to to go find a user in mongoDb by looking for a user called value. The problem with:

username: \'peter\'

is that i dont find it if

Answer 1

Just complementing @PeterBechP 's answer.

Don't forget to scape the special chars. https://stackoverflow.com/a/6969486

function escapeRegExp(string) {
  return string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
}

var name = 'Peter+with+special+chars';

model.findOne({name: new RegExp('^'+escapeRegExp(name)+'$', "i")}, function(err, doc) {
  //Do your action here..
});