kdssoftware · March 29, 2022 17:12
diff --git a/searchExampleWithAjax.html b/searchExampleWithAjax.html
 <html>
 <head>
    <!--
    @author kdssoftware
    @created at 3/29/2022
    @contact kdssoftware.com

    Beware: this will only work in practice if you have an api call `/api/search?search=value` set up
    -->

    <!--  Optional meta tags   -->
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />

    <title>Example search bar</title>
 </head>
 <body>
 <!--The form where the search will be started -->
 <form method="get" action="" id="searchForm">
    <label for="text">Search:</label>
    <div>
        <input id="searchTerm" type="text" name="search" value="searchTerm" />
        <input type="submit" id="send" name="submit" value="submit" />
    </div>
 </form>

 <div id="output">Bezig met zoeken...</div>
 </body>
 <!--The jquery cdn with ajax, from cdnjs-->
 <script
        src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"
        integrity="sha512-894YE6QWD5I59HgZOGReFYm4dnWc1Qt5NtvYSaNcOP+u1T9qYdvdihz0PPSiiqn/+/3e7Jo4EaG7TubfWGUrMQ=="
        crossorigin="anonymous"
        referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
 ></script>
 <script>
    // on first load of the page, check if the search value in the query string is set, if so: fetch the call to search that search term
    if (new URL(location.href).searchParams.get("search")) {
        fetchSearch(new URL(location.href).searchParams.get("search"));
    }

    // latest timestamp of keyup event. so it does not call the api on every single keyup
    let lastTimeStampOfTyping = null;
    document.getElementById("searchTerm").addEventListener("keyup", function (e) {
        if (e.key === "Enter") {
            // if the key is enter, it will already be called in the submit event
            return;
        }
        lastTimeStampOfTyping = Date.now(); // update the timestamp
        setTimeout(function () {
            //To delay the api call after the user has stopped typing for half a second.
            if (Date.now() - lastTimeStampOfTyping > 500) {
                let searchTerm = document.getElementById("searchTerm").value.trim();

                //Only fetch the api call when the search term is more than 3 characters, this is only for automatic fetching, the user can still submit the form.
                if (searchTerm.length > 3) {
                    fetchSearch(document.getElementById("searchTerm").value.trim());
                }
            }
        }, 500);
    });
    document.getElementById("searchForm").addEventListener("submit", function (e) {
        e.preventDefault(); // to prevent a page reload, which is a default behavior on submit events in a form
        fetchSearch(document.getElementById("searchTerm").value.trim());
    });

    // the function to fetch the api call for searching, it will add the response data to the element with ouput as id
    function fetchSearch(searchTerm) {
        document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = "Searching...";

        //make call to the api, it returns text/html as content-type
        $.get("/api/search?search=" + searchTerm, function (data) {
            // ouput the data in html
            document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = data;

            //Make a change to current url, changing its search value to the new search term
            const url = new URL(location.href);
            const search_params = url.searchParams;
            search_params.set("search", searchTerm);
            url.search = search_params.toString();
            const new_url = url.toString();
            document.title = "Search for " + searchTerm;
            window.history.pushState({ html: document.body.innerHTML, pageTitle: document.title }, "", new_url);
        });
    }
 </script>
 </html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<!--
	@author kdssoftware
	@created at 3/29/2022
	@contact kdssoftware.com

	Beware: this will only work in practice if you have an api call `/api/search?search=value` set up
	-->

	<!-- Optional meta tags -->
	<meta charset="UTF-8" />
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0" />
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />

	<title>Example search bar</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<!--The form where the search will be started -->
	<form method="get" action="" id="searchForm">
	<label for="text">Search:</label>
	<div>
	<input id="searchTerm" type="text" name="search" value="searchTerm" />
	<input type="submit" id="send" name="submit" value="submit" />
	</div>
	</form>

	<div id="output">Bezig met zoeken...</div>
	</body>
	<!--The jquery cdn with ajax, from cdnjs-->
	<script
	src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"
	integrity="sha512-894YE6QWD5I59HgZOGReFYm4dnWc1Qt5NtvYSaNcOP+u1T9qYdvdihz0PPSiiqn/+/3e7Jo4EaG7TubfWGUrMQ=="
	crossorigin="anonymous"
	referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
	></script>
	<script>
	// on first load of the page, check if the search value in the query string is set, if so: fetch the call to search that search term
	if (new URL(location.href).searchParams.get("search")) {
	fetchSearch(new URL(location.href).searchParams.get("search"));
	}

	// latest timestamp of keyup event. so it does not call the api on every single keyup
	let lastTimeStampOfTyping = null;
	document.getElementById("searchTerm").addEventListener("keyup", function (e) {
	if (e.key === "Enter") {
	// if the key is enter, it will already be called in the submit event
	return;
	}
	lastTimeStampOfTyping = Date.now(); // update the timestamp
	setTimeout(function () {
	//To delay the api call after the user has stopped typing for half a second.
	if (Date.now() - lastTimeStampOfTyping > 500) {
	let searchTerm = document.getElementById("searchTerm").value.trim();

	//Only fetch the api call when the search term is more than 3 characters, this is only for automatic fetching, the user can still submit the form.
	if (searchTerm.length > 3) {
	fetchSearch(document.getElementById("searchTerm").value.trim());
	}
	}
	}, 500);
	});
	document.getElementById("searchForm").addEventListener("submit", function (e) {
	e.preventDefault(); // to prevent a page reload, which is a default behavior on submit events in a form
	fetchSearch(document.getElementById("searchTerm").value.trim());
	});

	// the function to fetch the api call for searching, it will add the response data to the element with ouput as id
	function fetchSearch(searchTerm) {
	document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = "Searching...";

	//make call to the api, it returns text/html as content-type
	$.get("/api/search?search=" + searchTerm, function (data) {
	// ouput the data in html
	document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = data;

	//Make a change to current url, changing its search value to the new search term
	const url = new URL(location.href);
	const search_params = url.searchParams;
	search_params.set("search", searchTerm);
	url.search = search_params.toString();
	const new_url = url.toString();
	document.title = "Search for " + searchTerm;
	window.history.pushState({ html: document.body.innerHTML, pageTitle: document.title }, "", new_url);
	});
	}
	</script>
	</html>