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How to manage structured data with Bootstrap typeahead.
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/* bad indentation is NetBeans' fault, camelCase is Propel's fault */ | |
var retrieveTeachers = function(query, process) { | |
// let them be json | |
var transformTeachers = function(teachers) { | |
return $.map(teachers, function(teacher) { | |
return { | |
id: teacher.Id, | |
FullName: (teacher.Name + ' ' + teacher.Surname), | |
// these functions allows Bootstrap typehead to use this item in places where it was expecting a string | |
toString: function() { | |
return JSON.stringify(this); | |
}, | |
toLowerCase: function() { | |
return this.FullName.toLowerCase(); | |
}, | |
indexOf: function(string) { | |
return String.prototype.indexOf.apply(this.FullName, arguments); | |
}, | |
replace: function(string) { | |
return String.prototype.replace.apply(this.FullName, arguments); | |
} | |
}; | |
}); | |
} | |
$.ajax({ | |
url: $(this)[0].$element[0].dataset.url, | |
type: 'post', | |
data: {query: query}, | |
dataType: 'json', | |
success: function(data) { | |
return typeof data == 'undefined' ? false : process(transformTeachers(data)) | |
} | |
}); | |
}; | |
$('.teacher-typeahead').typeahead({ | |
source: retrieveTeachers | |
, updater: function(json) { | |
console.log(json); | |
var item = $.parseJSON(json); | |
console.log('chosen id:' + item.id); | |
updateMyDiv('#lol', item); | |
return item.FullName; | |
} | |
, items: 8 | |
, menu: '<ul class="typeahead dropdown-menu"></ul>' | |
, item: '<li><img src="//placehold.it/40x40"/><a href="#"></a></li>' | |
}) |
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Thanks for this. However if my ajax call returns the image urls how do I use them in the dropdown?