JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Karmik Patel

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/select2.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/select2.min.js"></script>

<select class="js-example-data-ajax" style="width:100%"></select>

CSS

.select2-container {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 0;
    position: relative;
    vertical-align: middle
}

.select2-container .select2-selection--single {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    cursor: pointer;
    display: block;
    height: 28px;
    user-select: none;
    -webkit-user-select: none
}

.select2-container .select2-selection--single .select2-selection__rendered {
    display: block;
    padding-left: 8px;
    padding-right: 20px;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    white-space: nowrap
}

.select2-container .select2-selection--single .select2-selection__clear {
    background-color: transparent;
    border: none;
    font-size: 1em
}

.select2-container[dir="rtl"] .select2-selection--single .select2-selection__rendered {
    padding-right: 8px;
    padding-left: 20px
}

.select2-container .select2-selection--multiple {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    cursor: pointer;
    display: block;
    min-height: 32px;
    user-select: none;
    -webkit-user-select: none
}

.select2-container .select2-selection--multiple .select2-selection__rendered {
    display: inline;
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0
}

.select2-container .select2-selection--multiple .select2-selection__clear {
    background-color: transparent;
    border: none;
    font-size: 1em
}

.select2-container .select2-search--inline .select2-search__field {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    border: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    margin-top: 5px;
    margin-left: 5px;
    padding: 0
}

.select2-container .select2-search--inline .select2-search__field::-webkit-search-cancel-button {
    -webkit-appearance: none
}

.select2-dropdown {
    background-color: white;
    border: 1px solid #aaa;
    border-radius: 4px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    left: -100000px;
    width: 100%;
    z-index: 1051
}

.select2-results {
    display: block
}

.select2-results__options {
    list-style: none;
    margin:...

JavaScript

$(".js-example-data-ajax").select2({
  ajax: {
    url: "https://api.github.com/search/repositories",
    dataType: 'json',
    delay: 250,
    data: function (params) {
      return {
        q: params.term, // search term
        page: params.page
      };
    },
    processResults: function (data, params) {
      // parse the results into the format expected by Select2
      // since we are using custom formatting functions we do not need to
      // alter the remote JSON data, except to indicate that infinite
      // scrolling can be used
      params.page = params.page || 1;

      return {
        results: data.items,
        pagination: {
          more: (params.page * 30) < data.total_count
        }
      };
    },
    cache: true
  },
  placeholder: 'Search for a repository',
  minimumInputLength: 1,
  templateResult: formatRepo,
  templateSelection: formatRepoSelection
});

function formatRepo (repo) {
  if (repo.loading) {
    return repo.text;
  }

  var $container = $(
    "<div class='select2-result-repository clearfix'>" +
      "<div class='select2-result-repository__meta'>" +
        "<div class='select2-result-repository__title'></div>" +
        "<div class='select2-result-repository__description'></div>" +
        "<div class='select2-result-repository__statistics'>" +
          "<div class='select2-result-repository__forks'> </div>" +
          "<b><div class='select2-result-repository__stargazers'> </div></b>" +
          "<div class='select2-result-repository__watchers'> </div>" +
        "</div>" +
      "</div>" +
    "</div>"
  );

  $container.find(".select2-result-repository__title").text(repo.full_name);
  $container.find(".select2-result-repository__description").text(repo.description);
  $container.find(".select2-result-repository__forks").append(repo.forks_count + " Forks");
  $container.find(".select2-result-repository__stargazers").append(repo.stargazers_count + " Stars");
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