AutoComplete remote data

by valchev

HTML

<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.515/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.322/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.322/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<div id="personLookup">
    <input id="personInput" />
</div>

JavaScript

var sharableDataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
    transport: {
        read: {
            //using jsfiddle echo service to simulate JSON endpoint
            url: "/echo/json/",
            dataType: "json",
            type: "POST",
            data: {
                // /echo/json/ echoes the JSON which you pass as an argument
                json: JSON.stringify([
                    {"name":"Tim Rankel"},
                    {"name":"Mike Gold"},
                    {"name":"John Smith"},
                    {"name":"Joe Franklin"},
                    {"name":"Misty Johnson"}
                ])
            }
        }
    }
});

$("#personInput").kendoAutoComplete({
    dataSource: sharableDataSource,
    minLength: 3,
    dataTextField: "name",
    placeholder: "Search for a Person..."
});