SO - 19229403

by Arun P Johny

HTML

<input type="text" id="food" />

JavaScript

var jsonObject = [{
    "label": "mac and cheese",
    "servingSize": "1 cup",
    "calories": "500"
}, {
    "label": "slice of pizza",
    "servingSize": "1 slice",
    "calories": "400"
}, {
    "label": "oreo cookie",
    "servingSize": "1 cookie",
    "calories": "100"
}, {
    "label": "salad",
    "servingSize": "1 cup",
    "calories": "50"
}, {
    "label": "apple",
    "servingSize": "1 apple",
    "calories": "70"
}];

$('#food').autocomplete({
    source: jsonObject,
    select: function (event, ui) {
        selectedObj = ui.item;
        
        alert("selected object=" + selectedObj.value);
    },
    minLength: 1
});