ASP.NET MVC jquery autocomplete with value and text field

Question

controller

public ActionResult Search(string id)
{
     id= Request.QueryString["term"];         
     var routeList = db.Movies.Where(r => r.Title.Contains(id))
                   .Take(5)
                   .Select(r => new { id = r.MovieID, label = r.Title, name = "MovieID" });
     return Json(routeList, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

View:

<input type="hidden"   id="MovieID"  name="MovieID" />
<input type="text" id="SelectedMovie" value=""/>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
   $("#SelectedMovie").autocomplete({
       source: function (request, response) {
           $.ajax({
              url: "/Transaction/Search", type: "POST", dataType: "json",                        
              data: { id: request.term }, 
              success: function (data) {
              response($.map(data, function (item) {                                
                return { label: item.label, value: item.id }; //updated code
               }));
             }
         });
     },
     select: function (event, ui) {
         $("#MovieID").val(ui.item.value);
         $("#SelectedMovie").val(ui.item.label);
         return false;
     }
  });
</script>

I have some kind of videostore app. When I go to rent a movie I need a combobox with movies which I can select by using autocomplete. Also requirement is that only ID (value) is saved to the databas and not the text itself.

EDIT: here is the full working exqample

Answer 1

Since you are passing only a string to the Search() function on the server side, the data elements that you are passing via the $.ajax() call need to be changed.

public ActionResult Search(string id)//I think that the id that you are passing here needs to be the search term. You may not have to change anything here, but you do in the $.ajax() call
{
      id= Request.QueryString["term"];

      var routeList = db.Movies.Where(r => r.Title.Contains(id))//this is a text filter no?
                        .Take(5)
                        .Select(r => new { id = r.MovieID, label = r.Title, name = "MovieID" });
      return Json(routeList, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

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$("#MovieID").autocomplete({
    source: function (request, response) {
        $.ajax({
            url: "/Transaction/Search", type: "POST", dataType: "json",
            //original code
            //data: { searchText: request.id, maxResults: 10 },
            //updated code; updated to request.term 
            //and removed the maxResults since you are not using it on the server side
            data: { id: request.term },

            success: function (data) {
                response($.map(data, function (item) {
                    //original code
                    //return { label: item.FullName, value: item.FullName, id: item.TagId }; 
                    //updated code
                    return { label: item.label, value: item.label, id: item.id };
                }));
            },
        select: function (event, ui) {
                //update the jQuery selector here to your target hidden field
            $("input[type=hidden]").val(ui.item.id);
        }
        });
    },
});

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Let me know if this works/helps!