How do I make case-insensitive queries on Mongodb?

Question

var thename = \'Andrew\';
db.collection.find({\'name\':thename});

How do I query case insensitive? I want to find result even if \"andrew\";

Answer 1

An easy way would be to use $toLower as below.

db.users.aggregate([
    {
        $project: {
            name: { $toLower: "$name" }
        }
    },
    {
        $match: {
            name: the_name_to_search
        }
    }
])