Changing Query Parameter for jQuery UI's Autocomplete

Question

I'm using version 1.8.13 of jQuery UI's Auto complete and by default jQuery is using the query parameter of "?term=" by default, while my app is using "?q=" in the string it is creating. I COULD change the variable to be "term" on the backend, but I'd rather just tell jQuery what the server is trying to send it. Is there a way to change this?

Right now I just have something like this and it works if I change the variable to "term" on the backend, but like I said I wanted to change it to "q" and I can't find any info online about setting the parameter (that works):

$( "#input-search").autocomplete({
   source: "/search/autocomplete/"
});

Answer 1

You could use the callback form of source and handle all the interaction with the server yourself. Something like this:

$("#input-search").autocomplete({
    source: function(request, response) {
        $.get('/search/autocomplete', { q: request.term }, function(data) {
            response(data.split('\n'));
        });
    }
});