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<!doctype html>
< html >
< head >
< title > jQuery UI Autocomplete Remote datasource demo< / title >
< link type = "text/css" href = "../../themes/base/ui.all.css" rel = "stylesheet" / >
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< script type = "text/javascript" src = "../../jquery-1.4.1.js" > < / script >
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< script type = "text/javascript" src = "../../ui/jquery.ui.core.js" > < / script >
< script type = "text/javascript" src = "../../ui/jquery.ui.widget.js" > < / script >
< script type = "text/javascript" src = "../../ui/jquery.ui.position.js" > < / script >
< script type = "text/javascript" src = "../../ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js" > < / script >
< link type = "text/css" href = "../demos.css" rel = "stylesheet" / >
< script type = "text/javascript" >
$(function() {
function log(message) {
$("< div / > ").text(message).prependTo("#log");
$("#log").attr("scrollTop", 0);
}
$.ajax({
url: "london.xml",
dataType: "xml",
success: function(xmlResponse) {
var data = $("geoname", xmlResponse).map(function() {
return {
value: $("name", this).text() + ", " + ($.trim($("countryName", this).text()) || "(unknown country)"),
id: $("geonameId", this).text()
};
}).get();
$("#birds").autocomplete({
source: data,
minLength: 0,
select: function(event, ui) {
log(ui.item ? ("Selected: " + ui.item.value + ", geonameId: " + ui.item.id) : "Nothing selected, input was " + this.value);
}
});
}
})
});
< / script >
< / head >
< body >
< div class = "demo" >
< div class = "ui-widget" >
< label for = "birds" > London matches: < / label >
< input id = "birds" / >
< / div >
< div class = "ui-widget" style = "margin-top:2em; font-family:Arial" >
Result:
< div id = "log" style = "height: 200px; width: 300px; overflow: auto;" class = "ui-widget-content" > < / div >
< / div >
< / div > <!-- End demo -->
< div class = "demo-description" >
< p >
This demo shows how to retrieve some XML data, parse it using jQuery's methods, then provide it to the autocomplete as the datasource.
< / p >
< p >
This should also serve as a reference on how to parse a remote XML datasource - the parsing would just happen for each request within the source-callback.
< / p >
< / div > <!-- End demo - description -->
< / body >
< / html >
