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HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.3/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="http://daniel-zahariev.github.io/jquery-textntags/jquery-textntags.js"></script>
<textarea class='tagged_text'></textarea>

CSS

.textntags-wrapper {
  position: relative;
  background: #fff;
}
.textntags-wrapper textarea {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100%;
  display: block;
  height: 18px;
  padding: 9px;
  margin: 0;
  border: 1px solid #dcdcdc;
  border-radius: 3px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: transparent;
  outline: 0;
  resize: none;
  font-family: Arial;
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 17px;
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
@-moz-document url-prefix() {
  .textntags-wrapper textarea {
    padding: 9px 8px;
  }
}
.textntags-wrapper .textntags-tag-list {
  display: none;
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #b2b2b2;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  z-index: 10000;
  margin-top: -2px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  border-top-right-radius: 0;
  border-top-left-radius: 0;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.148438);
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.148438);
  box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.148438);
}
.textntags-wrapper .textntags-tag-list ul {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
.textntags-wrapper .textntags-tag-list li {
  background-color: #fff;
  padding: 0 5px;
  margin: 0;
  width: auto;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
  height: 26px;
  line-height: 26px;
  overflow: hidden;
  cursor: pointer;
  list-style: none;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.textntags-wrapper .textntags-tag-list li:last-child {
  border-radius: 5px;
}
.textntags-wrapper .textntags-tag-list li > img,
.textntags-wrapper .textntags-tag-list li > div.icon {
  width: 16px;
  height: 16px;
  float: left;
  margin-top: 5px;
  margin-right: 5px;
  -moz-background-origin: 3px;
  border-radius: 3px;
}
.textntags-wrapper .textntags-tag-list li em {
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: none;
}
.textntags-wrapper .textntags-tag-list li:hover,
.textntags-wrapper .textntags-tag-list li.active {
  background-color: #f2f2f2;
}
.textntags-wrapper .textntags-tag-list li b {
  background:...

JavaScript

$.browser = {webkit: true};

$('textarea.tagged_text').textntags({
  onDataRequest: function(mode, query, triggerChar, callback) {
    var data = [{
      id: 1,
      name: 'Daniel Zahariev',
      'img': 'http://example.com/img1.jpg',
      'type': 'contact'
    }, {
      id: 2,
      name: 'Daniel Radcliffe',
      'img': 'http://example.com/img2.jpg',
      'type': 'contact'
    }, {
      id: 3,
      name: 'Daniel Nathans',
      'img': 'http://example.com/img3.jpg',
      'type': 'contact'
    }];

    query = query.toLowerCase();
    var found = _.filter(data, function(item) {
      return item.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(query) > -1;
    });

    callback.call(this, found);
  }
});