From 0c7f9ca6bb395c1eb698e36c9464dc3f085ed370 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keith Holliday <krh121791@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:10:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Changed search to regex (#9575)

* Changed search to regex

* Changed  to array
---
 website/server/controllers/api-v3/groups.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/groups.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/groups.js
index 7ffea80783..871e70d3c9 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/groups.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/groups.js
@@ -336,7 +336,11 @@ api.getGroups = {
     }
 
     if (req.query.search) {
-      filters.$text = { $search: req.query.search };
+      filters.$or = [];
+      const searchWords = req.query.search.split(' ').join('|');
+      const searchQuery = { $regex: new RegExp(`${searchWords}`, 'i') };
+      filters.$or.push({name: searchQuery});
+      filters.$or.push({description: searchQuery});
     }
 
     let results = await Group.getGroups({