How get input attributes in jquery autocomplete

Question

I use jquery autocomplete.

And I want add to source URL attribute from this input. How?

This code don't work:

$('input.autocomplete').autocomplete({
    source: "/service/autocomplete/"+$(this).data('source'),
    minLength: 2,
    select: function( event, ui ) {
        console.log( ui.item );

}

by source url you mean this "/service/autocomplete/"+$(this).data('source')? — Claudio Redi
– Claudio Redi, Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 15:08
Your going to have to be a bit more descriptive than that. And I want add to source URL attribute from this input. How? really isn't giving us much to go on. What do you mean you want to add to it? do you mean you want to dynamically change it on a per need basis? what exactly outside of the autocomplete stock functions are you attempting to do? — chris
– chris, Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 15:10

Rory McCrossan · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-12 15:10:56Z

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Where you have it placed this will not mean the element the plugin is being instantiated on. If you need this behaviour you need to create each instance in a loop so that you can get access to the attributes on each specific matched element:

$('input.autocomplete').each(function() {
    var $el = $(this);
    var source = "/service/autocomplete/" + $el.data('source');

    $el.autocomplete({
        source: source,
        minLength: 2,
        select: function( event, ui ) {
            console.log( ui.item );    
        }
    });
});

answered Aug 12, 2013 at 15:10

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