jQuery UI Autcomplete: POST instead of GET

Question

jQuery UI Autcomplete:

How can I POST the term to the search script instead of GET?

Answer 1

You'll need to supply a function as the source for the plugin and have your function do the AJAX post to the server to get the matching data.

Answer 2

You need to specify callback function for the source parameter. Here is an example: http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/#remote-jsonp