JSON format for jQuery UI Autocomplete

Question

The documentation for jQuery UI Autocomplete states that the source property can be set to a URL that returns the suggested items in JSON format. However, it doesn

Answer 1

I do a call to a Java Spring controller that simply returns the information below (in JSOn format). I build it with JSTL. But I don't know what kind of backend you use. But in Allmost every language you can simple output some JSON.

Example:

{
  "results": [{
      "id": " Canned",
      "name": " Canned"
    }, {
      "id": 64,
      "name": "Added Sulphites"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "age"
    }, {
      "id": "age",
      "name": "age"
    }, {
      "id": 59,
      "name": "age group"
    },
    {
      "id": "Allergen",
      "name": "Allergen"
    }, {
      "id": 85,
      "name": "Anchovies"
    }
  ]
}

I dislike autocomplete. maybe you found a better solution in flexbox: http://flexbox.codeplex.com/