Querying MongoDB with Mongoose for RegExp string matching names

search-names-regexp.js

//if query is 'stephen' it will match 'stephen' and 'stephen hawking' but not 'stephen foobar'
//cases ignored

Editor.searchEditors = async (query) => {
  const editors = await Editor.find({'name' : new RegExp(query, "gi")});
  if (editors) {
    return editors;
  }
};