How to render JSON response using latest typeahead.js library

Question

I have got a search box in my application where in users can search for a patient details stored in the database. they would type in the name of the patient and server will resp

Answer 1

Your current code is too simple to achieve that, you need to use template and remote to achieve that:

$('#search-box').typeahead([{                              
    name: 'Search',
    valueKey: 'forename',
    remote: {
        url: 'searchPatient.do?q=%QUERY',
        filter: function (parsedResponse) {
            // parsedResponse is the array returned from your backend
            console.log(parsedResponse);

            // do whatever processing you need here
            return parsedResponse;
        }
    },                                             
    template: [                                                                 
        '
{{forename}} {{surname}} ({{gender}} {{age}})
',
        '
{{dateOfBirth}}
'
    ].join(''),                                                                 
    engine: Hogan // download and include http://twitter.github.io/hogan.js/                                                               
}]);

Just to give you the basic idea, hope it helps.