Query MongoDB with a regex expression against an ObjectId

Question

Is it possible to do a query like:

db.artigo.find( { _id : ObjectId(\'520a504a3004bc615fcfcf16\') } )

but using a regex on ObjectId?

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Answer 1

This is what you need:

db.artigo.find( { _id : { $regex: '004' } } )