React Component for Autocomplete

What is the React Component for Autocomplete?

The React Component for Autocomplete lets you use the Autocomplete API to find valid Search API query values for a specific field (along with the number of available records for each suggestion.)

How Does the Component Work?

The component works by letting users get autocomplete suggestions in a dropdown list. Using this list, they then can make a suggestion that gets passed to a callback function. For example, when a user queries the company field for goog, the component will display a dropdown list that includes suggestions that most closely matches this search, such as google. Then, when the user makes a selection, this gets sent as an argument to a callback function that has been passed to the component as a prop.

How To Install the Component

This component is available as an npm package, and you can install it like this:

npm i -S pdl-react-autocomplete

yarn add pdl-react-autocomplete

Using the Component

Make sure that you sign up for a free PDL API key if you don't already have one.

import Autocomplete from 'pdl-react-autocomplete';

return (
  <div className="App">
  	<Autocomplete
      field={'company'}
      size={5}
      onTermSelected={(term) => console.log('onSelectedTerm', term)}
      apiKey={'insertKeyHere'}
		/>
	</div>
);

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Security Disclaimer

You should use this library as an internal tool or as a proof of concept, as it fires off requests to the Autocomplete API from the client. This is due to the nature of React components and that API keys are all-encompassing at PDL. We highly suggest referencing the component's codebase for spinning up your own version but accessing the Autocomplete API through a proxy server and not using this in a public production environment.

More Information, Pull Requests, Feature Suggestions and Bug Reports

We've open-sourced the library, which is available on GitHub. Go there to view more information. You can also submit pull requests, feature suggestions and bug reports.

github.com

GitHub - peopledatalabs/pdl-react-autocomplete: React Component for AutoComplete