ng2-autocomplete-component

Installation

npm install ng2-autocomplete-component

Install & run the sample application (usage demo)

cd examples/systemjs
npm install
npm start

Then access http://localhost:3000

Usage

import AutoComplete components and AutoCompleteConfig class

import {AutoComplete, AutoCompleteConfig} from 'ng2-autocomplete-component/components';

initalize AutoCompleteConfig class

for autocomplete data from rest api (GET)

let apiUrl = 'http://localhost:3000/data/api-response.json';
let minCharsForSearch = 1;
let placeholder = 'search..';//min amount of chars before autocomplete mayches results
let responseApiKey = 'id';//a reference to the key for example api response [{"id":1,"name":"USA"}, {..}]
let responseApiText = 'name';//a reference to the text for example api response [{"id":1,"name":"USA"}, {..}]
//init config class
this.autocompleteConfigAPISource = new AutoCompleteConfig(apiUrl, minCharsForSearch, placeholder, responseApiKey, responseApiText); 

for autocomplete data from Array

let dataArray = [{"id":1,"name":"USA"}, {"id":1,"name":"UK"}, {"id":1,"name":"Italy"}];
let minCharsForSearch = 1;
let placeholder = 'search..';//min amount of chars before autocomplete mayches results
let responseApiKey = 'id';//a reference to the key for example api response [{"id":1,"name":"USA"}, {..}]
let responseApiText = 'name';//a reference to the text for example api response [{"id":1,"name":"USA"}, {..}]
//init config class
this.autocompleteConfigAPISource = new AutoCompleteConfig(dataArray, minCharsForSearch, placeholder, responseApiKey, responseApiText); 

put component in template

template: `
        <hr>
        <h1>ng2-autocomplete - data source form rest API (GET)</h1>
        <!-- *** you must put #id on component to get the result back --> 
        <autocomplete #myAutoCompleteId [config]="autocompleteConfigAPISource"></autocomplete>
        <h4>* you need to leave field to see which term selected</h4>
        <!-- use selected value using component id -->
        <h2>RESULT SELECTED: </h2>{{myAutoCompleteId.term.value}}
    `