In this article I will explain with an example, how to populate jQuery AutoComplete form API in ASP.Net Core MVC.
Note: For more details on ASP.Net Core MVC, please refer my article ASP.Net Core 7: Hello World Tutorial with Sample Program example.
 
 
ASPSnippets Test API
The following API will be used in this article.
The API returns the following JSON.
[
 {
    "CustomerId": 1,
    "Name""John Hammond",
    "Country""United States"
 },
 {
    "CustomerId": 2,
    "Name""Mudassar Khan",
    "Country""India"
 },
 {
    "CustomerId": 3,
    "Name""Suzanne Mathews",
    "Country""France"
 },
 {
    "CustomerId": 4,
    "Name""Robert Schidner",
    "Country""Russia"
 }
]
 
 
Controller
The Controller consists of following Action methods.
Action method for handling GET operation
Inside this Action method, simply the View is returned.
 
Action method for handling POST operation
This Action method gets called when the Form is submitted.
Inside this Action Method, the Name and CustomerId of the selected customer are fetched and set into a ViewBag object.
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public IActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }
 
    [HttpPost]
    public IActionResult Index(string name, int customerId)
    {
        ViewBag.Message = "Name: " + name + "\\nID: " + customerId;
        return View();
    }
}
 
 
View
Inside the View, first the ASP.Net TagHelpers is inherited.
The View consists of an HTML Form which has been created using the ASP.Net TagHelpers with the following attributes.
asp-action – Name of the Action. In this case the name is Index.
asp-controller – Name of the Controller. In this case the name is Home.
method – It specifies the Form Method i.e. GET or POST. In this case it will be set to POST.
The View also consists of:
TextBox – For capturing Name of the customer.
HiddenField – For capturing selected CustomerId from the AutoComplete.
Button – For submitting the Form.
 
jQuery AutoComplete Plugin implementation
Inside the View, the following jQuery UI CSS file is inherited.
1. jquery-ui.css
 
And then, the following jQuery and jQuery UI JS files are inherited.
1. jquery.min.js
2. jquery-ui.min.js
Inside the jQuery document ready event handler, the TextBox has been applied with the jQuery AutoComplete plugin.
A jQuery Get call is made to get list of customers returned from the URL which acts as a source of data to the jQuery AutoComplete.
Then, a Select event handler has been defined for the jQuery AutoComplete and items are selected from the AutoComplete List.
When the customer Name is selected and the Submit button is clicked, the Form is submitted and the ViewBag object is checked for NULL and if it is not NULL then, the value of the ViewBag object is displayed using JavaScript Alert Message Box.
@addTagHelper*, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
@{
    Layout = null;
}
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
 
<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Index</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.13.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.13.2/jquery-ui.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            $("[id*=txtName]").autocomplete({
                source: function (request, response) {
                    var prefix = request.term.toLowerCase();
                    $.get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aspsnippets/test/master/Customers.json", function (data, status) {
                        var customers = JSON.parse(data);
                        if (prefix != '') {
                            customers = customers.filter(function (customer) {
                                return customer.Name.toLowerCase().indexOf(prefix) != -1
                            });
                        }
                        response($.map(customers, function (customer) {
                            return {
                                label: customer.Name,
                                val: customer.CustomerId
                            };
                        }))
                    });
                },
                select: function (e, i) {
                    $("[id*=hfCustomerId]").val(i.item.val);
                },
                minLength: 0
            }).focus(function () {
                $(this).autocomplete("search");
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <form method="post" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Index">
        <input type="text" id="txtName" name="name" />
        <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
        <input type="hidden" id="hfCustomerId" name="customerId" />
    </form>
    @if (ViewBag.Message != null)
    {
        <script type="text/javascript">
            window.onload = function () {
                alert("@ViewBag.Message");
            };
        </script>
    }
</body>
</html>
 
 
Screenshot
ASP.Net Core: Populate jQuery AutoComplete from API
 
 
Demo
 
 
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