text search returning empty array - node.js

Question

my query is returning me an empty array when I try to text search in mongodb I already created an index into my database.
For example:
I have 2 data type of String declared in my model status and mac_address both of them already included in the text index. When I search for a mac_address it gives me the correct data but when I tried to search for the status it returns an empty array.
--Model--
const PhoneSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
status: {
type: String,
default: "DOWN"
},
mac_address: {
type: String,
unique: true
},
});
--Index--
db.phones.createIndex({
status: "text",
mac_address: "text"
});
--Route--
router.get('/search/:searchForData',
async function (req, res) {
try {
const searchPhone = await Phone.find({
$text: {
$search: req.params.searchForData
}
}, {
score: {
$meta: "textScore"
}
}).sort({
score: {
$meta: "textScore"
}
})
res.status(200).json(searchPhone);
} catch (err) {
return res.status(404).json({
error: err.message
});
}
});
db.phones.getIndexes()
[
{
"v" : 2,
"key" : {
"_id" : 1
},
"name" : "_id_",
"ns" : "pingphony.phones"
},
{
"v" : 2,
"unique" : true,
"key" : {
"ip" : 1
},
"name" : "ip_1",
"ns" : "pingphony.phones",
"background" : true
},
{
"v" : 2,
"unique" : true,
"key" : {
"mac" : 1
},
"name" : "mac_1",
"ns" : "pingphony.phones",
"background" : true
},
{
"v" : 2,
"key" : {
"_fts" : "text",
"_ftsx" : 1
},
"name" : "$**_text",
"ns" : "pingphony.phones",
"weights" : {
"$**" : 1
},
"default_language" : "english",
"language_override" : "language",
"textIndexVersion" : 3
}
]
I expect the output of /phone/search/DOWN to be the data consisting of DOWN status but the actual output I get is []

Answer 1

Try making your query directly from mongo console:
db.phones.find({ $text: { $search: "DOWN" }})
Try using aggregation pipeline:
const searchPhone = await Phone.aggregate(
[
{ $match: { $text: { $search: "DOWN" } } },
{ $sort: { score: { $meta: "textScore" } } },
]
);
If you tried everything and it just didn't go well try using regexp:
const searchQuery = req.params.searchForData.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[]\]/g, '\$&'); // escape regexp symbols
const searchPhone = await Phone.find({ status: new RegExp(${searchQuery}, 'i') });