1 files changed, 49 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/assets/js/home_page.js b/assets/js/home_page.js
index 449461d..059444c 100644
--- a/assets/js/home_page.js
+++ b/assets/js/home_page.js
@@ -22,5 +22,53 @@ function main(){
                 console.log("Error: Click not registered");
         }
     });
+
+    // TODO: move this function to a general helper class??
+    // for auto-complete
+    var substringMatcher = function(strs) {
+        return function findMatches(q, cb) {
+            var matches, substringRegex;
+            // an array that will be populated with substring matches
+            matches = [];
+
+            // regex used to determine if a string contains the substring `q`
+            substrRegex = new RegExp(q, 'i');
+
+            // iterate through the pool of strings and for any string that
+            // contains the substring `q`, add it to the `matches` array
+            $.each(strs, function(i, str) {
+                if (substrRegex.test(str)) {
+                  matches.push(str);
+                }
+            });
+
+          cb(matches);
+        };
+    };
+
+
+    // get array of all courses from controller
+    $.ajax({
+        url: '/auto-complete-courses',
+        type: 'GET',
+        success: function(data){
+            var jsonData = JSON.parse(data);
+            if (jsonData.success) {
+                var states = jsonData.data;
+
+                $('.typeahead').typeahead({
+                  hint: true,
+                  highlight: true,
+                  minLength: 1
+                },
+                {
+                  name: 'courseNames',
+                  source: substringMatcher(states)
+                });
+            } else { // console log the error mssg
+                console.log(jsonData.data);
+            }
+        }
+    });
 }
-$(document).ready(main);
-\ No newline at end of file
+$(document).ready(main);