jQuery Autocomplete using extraParams to pass additional GET variables

Question

I am referring specifically to the jQuery Autocomplete v1.1 plugin by Jörn Zaefferer [source: http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-autocomplete/] as there seems to

Answer 1

I am using the autocomplete function that is now part of jquery ui. Passing an 'extraParams' field does not work but you can just append the values in the request query string.

$(document).ready(function() {
    src = 'http://domain.com/index.php';

    // Load the cities straight from the server, passing the country as an extra param
    $("#city_id").autocomplete({
        source: function(request, response) {
            $.ajax({
                url: src,
                dataType: "json",
                data: {
                    term : request.term,
                    country_id : $("#country_id").val()
                },
                success: function(data) {
                    response(data);
                }
            });
        },
        min_length: 3,
        delay: 300
    });
});