How to perform a like query Typeorm

Question

Hello guys I\'m trying to find all the results that have a in them. I have tried a couple of ways but the problem is nothing works. It just returns an empty array

Answer 1

TypeORM provides out of the box Like function. Example from their docs:

import {Like} from "typeorm";

const loadedPosts = await connection.getRepository(Post).find({
    title: Like("%out #%")
});

in your case:

var data = await getRepository(User).find({
    name: Like(`%${firstName}%`)
});