Function: autocompleteSearchObjects¶
▸ autocompleteSearchObjects<T>(search, objs, displayKey, valueKey): Promise<MetadataFormulaObjectResultType[]>
A helper to search over a list of objects representing candidate search results, filtering to only those that match a search string, and converting the matching objects into the format needed for autocomplete results.
A case-sensitive search is performed over each object's displayKey property.
A common pattern for implementing autocomplete for a formula pattern is to make a request to an API endpoint that returns a list of all entities, and then to take the user's partial input and search over those entities for matches. The helper generalizes this use case.
example
coda.makeParameter({
type: ParameterType.Number,
name: "userId",
description: "The ID of a user.",
autocomplete: async function(context, search) {
// Suppose this endpoint returns a list of users that have the form
// `{name: "Jane Doe", userId: 123, email: "jane@doe.com"}`
const usersResponse = await context.fetcher.fetch("/api/users");
// This will search over the name property of each object and filter to only
// those that match. Then it will transform the matching objects into the form
// `{display: "Jane Doe", value: 123}` which is what is required to render
// autocomplete responses.
return coda.autocompleteSearchObjects(search, usersResponse.body, "name", "userId");
}
});
Type parameters¶
| Name |
|---|
T |
Parameters¶
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
search |
string |
objs |
T[] |
displayKey |
keyof T |
valueKey |
keyof T |
Returns¶
Promise<MetadataFormulaObjectResultType[]>