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title: 'API docs: context.context.find'
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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/context](./context.md) &gt; [Context](./context.context.md) &gt; [find](./context.context.find.md)

## Context.find() method

Find bindings using a key pattern or filter function

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
find<ValueType = BoundValue>(pattern?: string | RegExp | BindingFilter): Readonly<Binding<ValueType>>[];
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  pattern | string \| RegExp \| [BindingFilter](./context.bindingfilter.md) | A filter function, a regexp or a wildcard pattern with optional <code>*</code> and <code>?</code>. Find returns such bindings where the key matches the provided pattern.<!-- -->For a wildcard: - <code>*</code> matches zero or more characters except <code>.</code> and <code>:</code> - <code>?</code> matches exactly one character except <code>.</code> and <code>:</code>For a filter function: - return <code>true</code> to include the binding in the results - return <code>false</code> to exclude it. |

<b>Returns:</b>

Readonly&lt;[Binding](./context.binding.md)<!-- -->&lt;ValueType&gt;&gt;\[\]