Laravel 10 JQuery UI Ajax Autocomplete Search

Laravel 10,To implement jQuery UI Ajax autocomplete search in Laravel, you need to follow these steps:

Step 1: Install Laravel App

composer create-project laravel/laravel TypeaheadSearch

 run default migrations

php artisan migrate

Step 2: Add Dummy Users

php artisan tinker
User::factory()->count(20)->create()

Step 3: Create Controller

app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php 

<?php
     
    namespace App\Http\Controllers;
         
    use Illuminate\Http\Request;
    use App\Models\User;
    use Illuminate\View\View;
    use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
          
    class SearchController extends Controller
    {
        /**
         * Display a listing of the resource.
         *
         * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
         */
        public function index(): View
        {
            return view('AutoSearch');
        }
           
        /**
         * Show the form for creating a new resource.
         *
         * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
         */
        public function autocomplete(Request $request): JsonResponse
        {
            $data = User::select("name")
                        ->where('name', 'LIKE', '%'. $request->get('query'). '%')
                        ->get();
             
            return response()->json($data);
        }
    }

Step 4: Create Routes

routes/web.php 

<?php
  
    use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
      
    use App\Http\Controllers\SearchController;
      
    /* 
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Web Routes
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
    | routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
    | contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
    |
    */
      
    Route::controller(SearchController::class)->group(function(){
        Route::get('demo-search', 'index');
        Route::get('autocomplete', 'autocomplete')->name('autocomplete');
    });

Step 5: Create Blade File

resources/views/AutoSearch.blade.php 

<!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
        <title>Laravel 10 JQuery UI Autocomplete Search Example - webthestuff.com</title>
        <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.css" />
        <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
        <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
         
    <div class="container">
        <h1>Laravel 10 JQuery UI Autocomplete Search Example - webthestuff.com</h1>   
        <input class="typeahead form-control" id="search" type="text">
    </div>
         
    <script type="text/javascript">
        var path = "{{ route('autocomplete') }}";
      
        $( "#search" ).autocomplete({
            source: function( request, response ) {
              $.ajax({
                url: path,
                type: 'GET',
                dataType: "json",
                data: {
                   search: request.term
                },
                success: function( data ) {
                   response( data );
                }
              });
            },
            select: function (event, ui) {
               $('#search').val(ui.item.label);
               console.log(ui.item); 
               return false;
            }
          });
      
    </script>
         
    </body>
    </html>

Run Laravel App:

php artisan serve

Now, Go to web browser, type the given URL and see the output:

http://localhost:8000/demo-search