Vue component for suggestions with custom templates

v-suggestions

Automatic suggestions with custom templates.

Installation

# npm
npm install v-suggestion

# yarn
yarn add v-suggestion

import Suggestions from 'v-suggestions'
import 'v-suggestions/dist/v-suggestions.css' // you can import the stylesheets also (optional)
Vue.use(Suggestions)

Component supports Vue 2.1.0+ version. v-suggetions uses slot-scope based templates for customizing suggestions.

User Guide

Property	Type	Description
v-model	String	an empty or predefined string as search query
onInputChange	Function	When the search query is changed, this function will be trigerred. The function should return an array of objects for the Component to render. It can also return a Promise instead of a set of objects. AJAX calls or delays can be addressed.
onItemSelected	Function (optional)	When user selects (clicks or presses enter on an item), this function will be called
options	Object	A set of options for customization of the component
options.debounce	Integer	A delay in milliseconds between each "onInputChange" events. If unspecified, it will be ignored. Comes in handy for ajax requests. See examples.
options.placeholder	string	A placeholder string for search (optional)
options.inputClass	string	Override classnames given to the input text element (optional)

Simple Example

<suggestions
    v-model="query"
    :options="options"
    :onInputChange="onCountryInputChange">

 export default {
  data () {
    let countries = ['Afghanistan', 'Åland Islands', 'Albania', 'Algeria', 'American Samoa', 'AndorrA', 'Angola', 'Anguilla', 'Antarctica', 'Antigua and Barbuda', 'Argentina', 'Armenia', 'Aruba', 'Australia', 'Austria', 'Azerbaijan', 'Bahamas', 'Bahrain', 'Bangladesh', 'Barbados', 'Belarus', 'Belgium', 'Belize']
    return {
      query: '',
      countries: countries,
      selectedCountry: null,
      options: {}
    }
  },
  methods: {
    onCountryInputChange (query) {
      if (query.trim().length === 0) {
        return null
      }
      // return the matching countries as an array
      return this.countries.filter((country) => {
        return country.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase())
      })
    },
    onCountrySelected (item) {
      this.selectedCountry = item
    },
    onSearchItemSelected (item) {
      this.selectedSearchItem = item
    }
  }
}

Ajax based results with custom template (Duckduckgo API)

<suggestions
  v-model="searchQuery"
  :options="searchOptions"
  :onItemSelected="onSearchItemSelected"
  :onInputChange="onInputChange">
  <div slot="item" slot-scope="props" class="single-item">
    <template v-if="props.item.Icon && props.item.Icon.URL">
      <div class="image-wrap" :style="{'backgroundImage': 'url('+ props.item.Icon.URL + ')' }"></div>
    </template>
    <span class="name">{{props.item.Text}}</span>
  </div>
</suggestions>

export default {
  data () {
    return {
      searchQuery: '',
      selectedSearchItem: null,
      options: {}
    }
  },
  methods: {
    onInputChange (query) {
      if (query.trim().length === 0) {
        return null
      }
      const url = `http://api.duckduckgo.com/?q=${query}&format=json&pretty=1`
      return new Promise(resolve => {
        axios.get(url).then(response => {
          const items = []
          response.data.RelatedTopics.forEach((item) => {
            if (item.Text) {
              items.push(item)
            } else if (item.Topics && item.Topics.length > 0) {
              item.Topics.forEach(topic => {
                items.push(topic)
              })
            }
          })
          resolve(items)
        })
      })
    },
    onSearchItemSelected (item) {
      this.selectedSearchItem = item
    }
  }
}

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