Version 3.18.1

Example: Remote Data via YQL

This example demonstrates how to provide autocomplete suggestions using a YQL query as the source. In this case, we're using a custom search.suggest YQL table to provide suggestions based on popular Yahoo Search queries.

Note: If the Yahoo Search API is unavailable, you can try this example with mock data. Try typing in "ca" to see the results.


HTML

Note: be sure to add the yui3-skin-sam classname to the page's <body> element or to a parent element of the widget in order to apply the default CSS skin. See Understanding Skinning. 

<div id="demo" class="yui3-skin-sam"> <!-- You need this skin class -->

  <label for="ac-input">Search:</label><br>
  <input id="ac-input" type="text">
</div>

JavaScript

YUI().use('autocomplete', 'autocomplete-highlighters', function (Y) {
  Y.one('#ac-input').plug(Y.Plugin.AutoComplete, {
    resultHighlighter: 'phraseMatch',
    source: 'select * from search.suggest where query="{query}"',
    yqlEnv: 'http://pieisgood.org/yql/tables.env'
  });
});

Complete Example Source

<div id="demo" class="yui3-skin-sam"> <!-- You need this skin class -->

  <label for="ac-input">Search:</label><br>
  <input id="ac-input" type="text">
</div>

<script>
YUI().use('autocomplete', 'autocomplete-highlighters', function (Y) {
  Y.one('#ac-input').plug(Y.Plugin.AutoComplete, {
    resultHighlighter: 'phraseMatch',
    source: 'select * from search.suggest where query="{query}"',
    yqlEnv: 'http://pieisgood.org/yql/tables.env'
  });
});
</script>