BookRepository.java

// drop spring-data-rest and spring-rest-hateoas into your pom.xml

public interface BookRepository extends MongoRepository<Book, String> {

  @Query(" {'name' : { $regex : '.*?0.*', $options: 'i' }} ")
  Page<Book> filterBooksByName(@Param("term") String term, Pageable pageable);

}

// curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/book/search/filterBooksByName?term=Potter

hal-response.json

{
  "_embedded": {
    "books": [
      { "name" : "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" },
      { "name" : "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" },
    ]},
  "_links": {
    "next": { "href": "http://127.0.0.1:8080/book/search/filterBooksByName?term=Potter&page=1" }
  },
  "page": {
    "totalPages": 50,
    "totalElements": 100,
    "pageSize": 2,
    "page": 0
  }
}