gistfile1.js

$(function () {
	$("#e6").select2({
	    placeholder: "Search for a movie",
	    minimumInputLength: 1,
	    ajax: { // instead of writing the function to execute the request we use Select2's convenient helper
	        url: "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/movies.json",
	        dataType: 'jsonp',
	        data: function (term, page) {
	            return {
	                q: term, // search term
	                page_limit: 10,
	                apikey: "ju6z9mjyajq2djue3gbvv26t" // please do not use so this example keeps working
	            };
	        },
	        results: function (data, page) { // parse the results into the format expected by Select2.
	            // since we are using custom formatting functions we do not need to alter remote JSON data
	            return {results: data.movies};
	        }
	    },
	    formatResult: movieFormatResult, // omitted for brevity, see the source of this page
	    formatSelection: movieFormatSelection,  // omitted for brevity, see the source of this page
	    dropdownCssClass: "bigdrop" // apply css that makes the dropdown taller
	});
});