vuejs-auto-complete

A Vue autocomplete component

npm install vuejs-auto-complete --save

Usage

Installation, add autocomplete component into your app

import Vue from 'vue'
import Autocomplete from 'vuejs-auto-complete'

new Vue({
  //...
  components: {
    Autocomplete,
  },
  //...
})

Api data source

<autocomplete
  source="https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q="
  results-property="items"
  results-display="full_name">
</autocomplete>

Object data source

<autocomplete
  :source="[{id:1,name:'abc'},{id:2,name:'def'}]">
</autocomplete>

Full featured example

<autocomplete
  ref="autocomplete"
  placeholder="Search Distribution Groups"
  :source="distributionGroupsEndpoint"
  input-class="form-control"
  results-property="data"
  :results-display="formattedDisplay"
  :request-headers="authHeaders"
  @selected="addDistributionGroup">
</autocomplete>

// parent component
computed: {
  authHeaders () {
    return {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1Ni....'
    }
  },
},
methods: {
  distributionGroupsEndpoint (input) {
    return process.env.API + '/distribution/search?query=' + input
  },
  addDistributionGroup (group) {
    this.group = group
    // access the autocomplete component methods from the parent
    this.$refs.autocomplete.clear()
  },
  authHeaders () {
    return {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1Ni....'
    }
  },
  formattedDisplay (result) {
    return result.name + ' [' + result.groupId + ']'
  }
}

Available props

| Prop | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------------------|-----------------------------|----------|-----------|-------------| | source | String|Function|Object|Array | | true | data source for the results| | method | String | | 'get' | http method for api requests| | placeholder | String | | 'Search' | input placeholder| | initialValue | String|Number | | | starting value| | initialDisplay | String | | | starting display value| | inputClass | String|Object | | | css class for the input div| | disableInput | Boolean | | | to disable the input| | name | String | | | name attribute for the value input| | resultsFormatter | Function<Object[]> | | | Function to format the server data. Should return an array of objects with id and name properties | | resultsProperty | String | | | property api results are keyed under| | resultsValue | String | | 'id' | property to use for the value| | resultsDisplay | String|Function | | 'name' | property to use for the display or custom function| | requestHeaders | Object | | | extra headers appended to the request| | showNoResults | Boolean | | true | To show a message that no results were found| | clearButtonIcon | String | | | Optionally provide an icon css class| | maxlength | Number | | | Optional max input length|

Available events

| Event | Output | Description | |----------|----------------|-------------| | results | Object | Results returned from a search | | noResults| Object | When no results are returned | | selected | Object | When an item is selected | | input | String|Number | The value when an item is selected | | clear | | When selected results are cleared | | close | | When the options list is closed | | enter | String | Emits the input value when enter is pressed | | nothingSelected | String | Emits the input value when enter is pressed and nothing was selected |

Available Slots

| Slot | Description | |-------------|-------------| | firstResult | list item placed before all results | | lastResult | list item placed at the end of the results | | noResults | list item shown when no results are present |