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

jQuery( "#jac" ).autocomplete({
    source: autocompleteURL,
    minLength: 2,
    search: function( event, ui ) { 

        // update source url by adding new GET params
        $(this).autocomplete( 'option', 'source', autocompleteURL + 'var1=aaa&var2=bbb' );
    }
})

Works for me with jquery.ui.autocomplete 1.8.17