I want to create a function to simplify configuration of jQuery UI AutoComplete. Here is my function code:
(function($) {
$.fn.myAutocomplete = function() {
var cache = {};
var dataUrl = args.dataUrl;
var dataSend = args.dataItem;
$.autocomplete({
source: function(request, response) {
if (cache.term == request.term && cache.content) {
response(cache.content);
}
if (new RegExp(cache.term).test(request.term) && cache.content && cache.content.length < 13) {
var matcher = new RegExp($.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i");
response($.grep(cache.content, function(value) {
return matcher.test(value.value)
}));
}
$.ajax({
url: dataUrl,
dataType: "json",
type: "POST",
data: dataSend,
success: function(data) {
cache.term = request.term;
cache.content = data;
response(data);
}
});
},
minLength: 2,
});
}
}) (jQuery);
but when I'm using this function like:
$("input#tag").myAutocomplete({
dataUrl: "/auto_complete/tag",
dataSend: { term: request.term, category: $("input#category").val() }
});
It's give me an error:
Uncaught ReferenceError: request is not defined
