jQuery UI Autocomplete - get data from txt file

Question

I\'m jQuery beginner trying to make jQuery UI Autocomplete get data from txt file. Txt format is simple:

user1
user2
user3
etc.

Answer 1

The accepted solution did not work for me. This is how I read a .txt for my jQuery autocomplete input field:

$.ajax({
    url: "foo/bar.txt",
    dataType: "text",
    success: function(data) {
        var autoCompleteData = data.split('\n');
        $("#input").autocomplete({
            source: function(request, response) {
                var results = $.ui.autocomplete.filter(autoCompleteData, request.term);
                response(results.slice(0, 10)); // Display the first 10 results
            }
        });
    }
});