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

While less than ideal, I've hacked/modified the plugin to get it to work for me.

Simply, I've altered the AJAX jQuery function within the plugin.

Around line 363 you'll see:

        $.ajax({
            // try to leverage ajaxQueue plugin to abort previous requests
            mode: "abort",
            // limit abortion to this input
            port: "autocomplete" + input.name,
            dataType: options.dataType,
            url: options.url,
            data: $.extend({
                q: lastWord(term),
                search_type: $(input).attr('name'), // my mod to pickup multiple fields
                limit: options.max
            }, extraParams),
            success: function(data) {
                var parsed = options.parse && options.parse(data) || parse(data);
                cache.add(term, parsed);
                success(term, parsed);
            }
        });

I'm still looking for an elegant solution to this so feel free to keep suggestions coming.