How can I implement a text search in node.js using a Postgres database?

Question

I want to add search functionality to an expressjs node application using Postgres as my database. I know how to do the filtering I'll need by date and some other column of finite values, but I don't know how to do a text search on a specific column. Given a string "chair", should my search algorithm return results with text like "my armchair", or "my chair"?

Maybe this question is so simple I'm just overlooking something. Thanks!

Answer 1

Try this:

SELECT * FROM <table> WHERE <colume> ~* '\ychair\y'

Where \y denotes the beginning/end of words