I am using JQuery’s autocomplete plugin, but it is not fast and also it’s not that relevant to my site. I want an autocomplete like the http://www.hotels.com. How can I achieve this type of autocomplete? Are there plugins for it?
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I am using JQuery’s autocomplete plugin, but it is not fast and also it’s not that relevant to my site. I want an autocomplete like the http://www.hotels.com. How can I achieve this type of autocomplete? Are there plugins for it?
Hotels.com uses a custom JSON request/response. If you open up firebug you’ll see the outgoing call:
Search for “London”
This call is fired immediately on keyup, and returns JSON data:
Response from Hotels.com
There’s nothing particularly fancy going on otherwise, just a high powered server with an accurate database search. There’s no autocomplete happening in Javascript though.