How to delay the .keyup() handler until the user stops typing?

Question

I’ve got a search field. Right now it searches for every keyup. So if someone types “Windows”, it will make a search with AJAX for every keyup: “W”, “Wi”, “Win”, “Wind”, “Wi

Answer 1

Based on the answer of CMS, it just ignores the key events that doesn't change value.

var delay = (function(){
    var timer = 0;
    return function(callback, ms){
      clearTimeout (timer);
      timer = setTimeout(callback, ms);
    };
})(); 

var duplicateFilter=(function(){
  var lastContent;
  return function(content,callback){
    content=$.trim(content);
    if(content!=lastContent){
      callback(content);
    }
    lastContent=content;
  };
})();

$("#some-input").on("keyup",function(ev){

  var self=this;
  delay(function(){
    duplicateFilter($(self).val(),function(c){
        //do sth...
        console.log(c);
    });
  }, 1000 );


})