ryanckulp / customer_autocomplete_demo

query a table of records in style

Customer Autocomplete Demo

query a database table of Customers by first name, email, etc.

installation

1. git clone https://github.com/ryanckulp/customer_autocomplete_demo.git
2. bundle (might need to install ruby version via rbenv install 2.6.1 first)
3. rails db:create && rails db:migrate && rails db:seed
4. rails s then visit localhost:3000 and try it

how it works

1. keyup JS listener on the input field pings search via /customer_searches/new?query=X
2. controller delegates search query to Customer.search()
3. Customer.search() performs case-insensitive search for "first_name" attribute only

extensions

can include email address, last name, etc attributes in search parameters via modifications like...

def self.search(params)
  results = where("first_name ILIKE '%#{params[:query]}%'")
  results += where("last_name ILIKE '%#{params[:query]}%'")
  results += where("email ILIKE '%#{params[:query]}%'")

  results.uniq.map { |c| { id: c.id, full_name: c.full_name } }
end