From 40c94e233605408aed429c0f25f7ac43014ec502 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daria <daria.staferova@n8n.io>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:31:08 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat(core): Auto-wrap get data table row LIKE filter values
 with wildcards (no-changelog) (#18853)

---
 .../__tests__/data-store.controller.test.ts   | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../modules/data-table/data-store.service.ts  |  8 +++-
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/data-table/__tests__/data-store.controller.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/data-table/__tests__/data-store.controller.test.ts
index 8417d05917..4dce823cb7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/data-table/__tests__/data-store.controller.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/data-table/__tests__/data-store.controller.test.ts
@@ -1796,6 +1796,44 @@ describe('GET /projects/:projectId/data-stores/:dataStoreId/rows', () => {
 			],
 		});
 	});
+
+	test.each(['like', 'ilike'])(
+		'should auto-wrap %s filters if no wildcard is present',
+		async (condition) => {
+			const dataStore = await createDataStore(memberProject, {
+				columns: [
+					{
+						name: 'name',
+						type: 'string',
+					},
+				],
+				data: [
+					{
+						name: 'Alice Smith',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'Bob Jones',
+					},
+					{
+						name: 'Carol Brown',
+					},
+				],
+			});
+
+			const filterParam = encodeURIComponent(
+				JSON.stringify({
+					type: 'and',
+					filters: [{ columnName: 'name', value: 'Alice', condition }],
+				}),
+			);
+			const response = await authMemberAgent
+				.get(`/projects/${memberProject.id}/data-stores/${dataStore.id}/rows?filter=${filterParam}`)
+				.expect(200);
+
+			expect(response.body.data.count).toBe(1);
+			expect(response.body.data.data[0].name).toBe('Alice Smith');
+		},
+	);
 });
 
 describe('POST /projects/:projectId/data-stores/:dataStoreId/insert', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/data-table/data-store.service.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/data-table/data-store.service.ts
index 7f7458002c..04ec717410 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/data-table/data-store.service.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/data-table/data-store.service.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class DataStoreService {
 		dto: ListDataStoreContentQueryDto,
 	) {
 		await this.validateDataStoreExists(dataStoreId, projectId);
-		this.validateFilters(dto);
+		this.validateAndTransformFilters(dto);
 
 		// unclear if we should validate here, only use case would be to reduce the chance of
 		// a renamed/removed column appearing here (or added column missing) if the store was
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ export class DataStoreService {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private validateFilters(dto: ListDataStoreContentQueryDto): void {
+	private validateAndTransformFilters(dto: ListDataStoreContentQueryDto): void {
 		if (!dto.filter?.filters) {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -352,6 +352,10 @@ export class DataStoreService {
 						`${filter.condition.toUpperCase()} filter value must be a string`,
 					);
 				}
+
+				if (!filter.value.includes('%')) {
+					filter.value = `%${filter.value}%`;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}