Operators¶

The $search aggregation pipeline stage has the following operators:

Operator	Description
autocomplete	Performs a search-as-you-type query from an incomplete input string.
compound	Combines other operators into a single query.
equals	Works in conjunction with the boolean and objectId data types.
exists	Tests for the presence of a specified field.
geoShape	Queries for values with specified geo shapes.
geoWithin	Queries for points within specified geographic shapes.
near	Queries for values near a specified number, date, or geo point.
phrase	Searches documents for terms in an order similar to the query.
queryString	Supports querying a combination of indexed fields and values.
range	Queries for values within a specific numeric or date range.
regex	Interprets the `query` field as a regular expression.
search	Deprecated. Performs analyzed search. Use text operator instead.
span	Specifies relative positional requirements for query predicates within specified regions of a text field.
term	Deprecated. Performs unanalyzed search.
text	Performs textual analyzed search.
wildcard	Supports special characters in the query string that can match any character.