`Regexp` and `ilike` filter operators

[BackupBroom]

Bug or feature request

• [ ] Bug
• [x] Feature request

Description of feature (or steps to reproduce if bug)

Loopback currently supports regexp and ilike operators for where filters, but I don't see support for that in this repo. Are there plans to add these two filter operators to this repository?

Thanks.

Expected result

const filterNodes = require('loopback-filters');
const data = [ { name: 'asd' }, { name: 'fAgh' }, {name: 'qwe'}, { name: 'jkAl' }];

filterNodes(data, { where: { name: { regexp: '/\w*[aA]\w*/i' } } }) // asd, fAgh, jkAl
filterNodes(data, { where: { name: { ilike: '%a%' } } }) // same

[bajtos]

AFAICT, regexp has been already added by https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-filters/pull/20. We don't have bandwidth to add support for ilike ourselves, but are happy to help you if you decide to contribute this feature yourself.

[bajtos]

Cross-posting my https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-filters/issues/10#issuecomment-351646274:

Ideally, loopback-datasource-juggler's memory connector would be using loopback-filters under the hood and there was only a single place where to add support for new filtering features. Unfortunately we haven't had bandwidth to do that change, and as a result loopback-filters is always behind loopback capabilities. Any volunteers to contribute this change?

[bajtos]

I created a new issue in juggler to keep track of the work of using loopback-filters under the hood: https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-datasource-juggler/issues/1529

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