wild card search issue in spfx

Question

I am trying to search the user first name using spfx.

qrytext = FirstName:${searchString}*

The * symbol consider both the words in First Name if there is a space. For example, SharePoint Online. How to achieve only to get starting from S ?

Answer 1

Hi @Sajith Gopalakrishnan Hema ,
You can try to use refinement filters or wild cards in SharePoint search API
Maybe one of the endpoint given below:

_api/search/query?refinementfilters='FirstName:("s*")'  

or

http://server/_api/search/query?query_parameter=value*  

The document you can refer to
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dynamicsnav-2013r2/hh169248(v=nav.71)?redirectedfrom=MSDN
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/general-development/keyword-query-language-kql-syntax-reference

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