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Type Ahead
This recipe demonstrates the creation of type ahead client side code.
Example Code
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Typeahead
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// RxJS v6+
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import { fromEvent, of } from 'rxjs';
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import {
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debounceTime,
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distinctUntilChanged,
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map,
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switchMap,
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tap
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} from 'rxjs/operators';
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​
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const getContinents = keys =>
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[
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'africa',
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'antarctica',
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'asia',
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'australia',
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'europe',
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'north america',
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'south america'
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].filter(e => e.indexOf(keys.toLowerCase()) > -1);
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​
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const fakeContinentsRequest = keys =>
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of(getContinents(keys)).pipe(
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tap(_ => console.log(`API CALL at ${new Date()}`))
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);
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​
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fromEvent(document.getElementById('type-ahead'), 'keyup')
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.pipe(
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debounceTime(200),
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map((e: any) => e.target.value),
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distinctUntilChanged(),
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switchMap(fakeContinentsRequest),
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tap(c => (document.getElementById('output').innerText = c.join('\n')))
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)
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.subscribe();
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Get continents
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<input id="type-ahead" />
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<hr />
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<div id="output"></div>
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