Alter typeahead to accept synchronous/asynchronous data source via function/callback

2 files changed, 47 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/js/bootstrap-typeahead.js b/js/bootstrap-typeahead.js
index 95a0fcdb7..281bdd6b3 100644
--- a/js/bootstrap-typeahead.js
+++ b/js/bootstrap-typeahead.js
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@
     }
 
   , lookup: function (event) {
-      var that = this
-        , items
-        , q
+      var items
 
       this.query = this.$element.val()
 
@@ -87,7 +85,15 @@
         return this.shown ? this.hide() : this
       }
 
-      items = $.grep(this.source, function (item) {
+      items = $.isFunction(this.source) ? this.source(this.query, $.proxy(this.process, this)) : this.source
+
+      return items ? this.process(items) : this
+    }
+
+  , process: function (items) {
+      var that = this
+
+      items = $.grep(items, function (item) {
         return that.matcher(item)
       })
 
@@ -282,4 +288,4 @@
     })
   })
 
-}(window.jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
+}(window.jQuery);
diff --git a/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-typeahead.js b/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-typeahead.js
index 4e2428d6a..25d4cafd8 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-typeahead.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/bootstrap-typeahead.js
@@ -52,6 +52,42 @@ $(function () {
         typeahead.$menu.remove()
       })
 
+      test("should accept data source via synchronous function", function () {
+        var $input = $('<input />').typeahead({
+              source: function () {
+                return ['aa', 'ab', 'ac']
+              }
+            })
+          , typeahead = $input.data('typeahead')
+
+        $input.val('a')
+        typeahead.lookup()
+
+        ok(typeahead.$menu.is(":visible"), 'typeahead is visible')
+        equals(typeahead.$menu.find('li').length, 3, 'has 3 items in menu')
+        equals(typeahead.$menu.find('.active').length, 1, 'one item is active')
+
+        typeahead.$menu.remove()
+      })
+
+      test("should accept data source via asynchronous function", function () {
+        var $input = $('<input />').typeahead({
+              source: function (query, process) {
+                process(['aa', 'ab', 'ac'])
+              }
+            })
+          , typeahead = $input.data('typeahead')
+
+        $input.val('a')
+        typeahead.lookup()
+
+        ok(typeahead.$menu.is(":visible"), 'typeahead is visible')
+        equals(typeahead.$menu.find('li').length, 3, 'has 3 items in menu')
+        equals(typeahead.$menu.find('.active').length, 1, 'one item is active')
+
+        typeahead.$menu.remove()
+      })
+
       test("should not explode when regex chars are entered", function () {
         var $input = $('<input />').typeahead({
               source: ['aa', 'ab', 'ac', 'mdo*', 'fat+']