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Apr. 24, 2019

ais-autocomplete

Widget signature 
<ais-autocomplete
  // Optional parameters
  :indices="object[]"
  :escape-html="boolean"
  :class-names="object"
/>
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About this widget #

The ais-autocomplete widget provides the logic to create a connected component that renders results from Algolia. You can configure it with one or several indices.

Note that the widget isn’t shipped with any third-party dropdown component.

To configure the number of hits to show, use the ais-hits-per-page widget or the ais-configure widget.

Examples #

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<ais-autocomplete />

Props #

indices #
type: object[]
default: []
Optional

A list of objects that describe other indices to search into. With each index:

  • label: string: an identifier for the index.
  • value: string: the name of the index to search into.
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<ais-autocomplete
  :indices="[
    { label: 'Price (desc)', value: 'instant_search_price_desc' },
  ]"
/>
escape-html #
type: boolean
default: true
Optional

Whether to escape HTML entities from hits string values.
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<ais-autocomplete :escape-html="false" />
class-names #
type: object
default: {}
Optional

The CSS classes to override.

  • ais-Autocomplete: the container of the widget.
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<ais-autocomplete
  :class-names="{
    'ais-Autocomplete': 'MyCustomAutocomplete',
  }"
/>

Customize the UI #

default #

The slot to override the complete DOM output of the widget.

Scope#

  • currentRefinement: string: the current value of the query.
  • indices: object[]: the list of indices.
  • refine: (string) => void: the function to change the query.

The indices contains their hits and results, and the main index in first position. You can leverage the highlighting feature of Algolia through the highlight widget (see below). Each index is provided with:

  • index: string: the name of the index.
  • label: string: the label of the index (for display purposes).
  • hits: object[]: the resolved hits from the index matching the query.
  • results: object: the full results object from the Algolia API.
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<ais-autocomplete :indices="[{ label: 'Price (desc)', value: 'instant_search_price_desc' }]">
  <div slot-scope="{ currentRefinement, indices, refine }">
    <input
      type="search"
      :value="currentRefinement"
      placeholder="Search for a product"
      @input="refine($event.currentTarget.value)"
    >
    <ul v-if="currentRefinement" v-for="index in indices" :key="index.label">
      <li>
        <h3>{{ index.label }}</h3>
        <ul>
          <li v-for="hit in index.hits" :key="hit.objectID">
            <ais-highlight attribute="name" :hit="hit"/>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</ais-autocomplete>

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