+++
title = "Active Search"
template = "demo.html"
+++

This example actively searches a contacts database as the user enters text.

We start with a search input and an empty table:

```html
<h3> 
  Search Contacts 
  <span class="htmx-indicator"> 
    <img src="/img/bars.svg"/> Searching... 
   </span> 
</h3>
<input class="form-control" type="search" 
       name="search" placeholder="Begin Typing To Search Users..." 
       hx-post="/search" 
       hx-trigger="input changed delay:500ms, search" 
       hx-target="#search-results" 
       hx-indicator=".htmx-indicator">

<table class="table">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>First Name</th>
      <th>Last Name</th>
      <th>Email</th>
    </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody id="search-results">
    </tbody>
</table>
```

The input issues a `POST` to `/search` on the [`input`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/input_event) event and sets the body of the table to be the resulting content. Note that the `keyup` event could be used as well, but would not fire if the user pasted text with their mouse (or any other non-keyboard method).

We add the `delay:500ms` modifier to the trigger to delay sending the query until the user stops typing.  Additionally,
we add the `changed` modifier to the trigger to ensure we don't send new queries when the user doesn't change the
value of the input (e.g. they hit an arrow key, or pasted the same value).  

Since we use a `search` type input we will get an `x` in the input field to clear the input. 
To make this trigger a new `POST` we have to specify another trigger. We specify another trigger by using a comma to 
separate them. The `search` trigger will be run when the field is cleared but it also makes it possible to override 
the 500 ms `input` event delay by just pressing enter.

Finally, we show an indicator when the search is in flight with the `hx-indicator` attribute. 

{{ demoenv() }}

<script>
    
    //=========================================================================
    // Fake Server Side Code
    //=========================================================================

    // routes
    init("/init", function(request, params){
      return searchUI();
    });
    
    onPost(/\/search.*/, function(request, params){
        var search = params['search'];
        var contacts = dataStore.findContactsMatching(search);
        return resultsUI(contacts);
      });
      
    // templates
    function searchUI() {
      return `  <h3>
Search Contacts
<span class="htmx-indicator">
<img src="/img/bars.svg"/> Searching...
</span>
</h3>

<input class="form-control" type="search" 
       name="search" placeholder="Begin Typing To Search Users..." 
       hx-post="/search" 
       hx-trigger="input changed delay:500ms, search" 
       hx-target="#search-results" 
       hx-indicator=".htmx-indicator">

<table class="table">
<thead>
<tr>
  <th>First Name</th>
  <th>Last Name</th>
  <th>Email</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="search-results">
</tbody>
</table>`;
    }
    
    function resultsUI(contacts){
        var txt = "";
        for (var i = 0; i < contacts.length; i++) {
          var c = contacts[i];
          txt += "<tr><td>" + c.FirstName + "</td><td>" + c.LastName + "</td><td>" + c.Email + "</td></tr>\n";
        }
        return txt;  
    }
    
    //datastore
    
     var dataStore = function(){
          var data = [
            { "FirstName": "Venus", "LastName": "Grimes", "Email": "lectus.rutrum@Duisa.edu", "City": "Ankara" },
            { "FirstName": "Fletcher", "LastName": "Owen", "Email": "metus@Aenean.org", "City": "Niort" },
            { "FirstName": "William", "LastName": "Hale", "Email": "eu.dolor@risusodio.edu", "City": "Te Awamutu" },
            { "FirstName": "TaShya", "LastName": "Cash", "Email": "tincidunt.orci.quis@nuncnullavulputate.co.uk", "City": "Titagarh" },
            { "FirstName": "Kevyn", "LastName": "Hoover", "Email": "tristique.pellentesque.tellus@Cumsociis.co.uk", "City": "Cuenca" },
            { "FirstName": "Jakeem", "LastName": "Walker", "Email": "Morbi.vehicula.Pellentesque@faucibusorci.org", "City": "St. AndrÃ¤" },
            { "FirstName": "Malcolm", "LastName": "Trujillo", "Email": "sagittis@velit.edu", "City": "Fort Resolution" },
            { "FirstName": "Wynne", "LastName": "Rice", "Email": "augue.id@felisorciadipiscing.edu", "City": "Kinross" },
            { "FirstName": "Evangeline", "LastName": "Klein", "Email": "adipiscing.lobortis@sem.org", "City": "San Giovanni in Galdo" },
            { "FirstName": "Jennifer", "LastName": "Russell", "Email": "sapien.Aenean.massa@risus.com", "City": "Laives/Leifers" },
            { "FirstName": "Rama", "LastName": "Freeman", "Email": "Proin@quamPellentesquehabitant.net", "City": "Flin Flon" },
            { "FirstName": "Jena", "LastName": "Mathis", "Email": "non.cursus.non@Phaselluselit.com", "City": "Fort Simpson" },
            { "FirstName": "Alexandra", "LastName": "Maynard", "Email": "porta.elit.a@anequeNullam.ca", "City": "Nazilli" },
            { "FirstName": "Tallulah", "LastName": "Haley", "Email": "ligula@id.net", "City": "Bay Roberts" },
            { "FirstName": "Timon", "LastName": "Small", "Email": "velit.Quisque.varius@gravidaPraesent.org", "City": "Girona" },
            { "FirstName": "Randall", "LastName": "Pena", "Email": "facilisis@Donecconsectetuer.edu", "City": "Edam" },
            { "FirstName": "Conan", "LastName": "Vaughan", "Email": "luctus.sit@Classaptenttaciti.edu", "City": "Nadiad" },
            { "FirstName": "Dora", "LastName": "Allen", "Email": "est.arcu.ac@Vestibulumante.co.uk", "City": "Renfrew" },
            { "FirstName": "Aiko", "LastName": "Little", "Email": "quam.dignissim@convallisest.net", "City": "Delitzsch" },
            { "FirstName": "Jessamine", "LastName": "Bauer", "Email": "taciti.sociosqu@nibhvulputatemauris.co.uk", "City": "Offida" },
            { "FirstName": "Gillian", "LastName": "Livingston", "Email": "justo@atiaculisquis.com", "City": "Saskatoon" },
            { "FirstName": "Laith", "LastName": "Nicholson", "Email": "elit.pellentesque.a@diam.org", "City": "Tallahassee" },
            { "FirstName": "Paloma", "LastName": "Alston", "Email": "cursus@metus.org", "City": "Cache Creek" },
            { "FirstName": "Freya", "LastName": "Dunn", "Email": "Vestibulum.accumsan@metus.co.uk", "City": "Heist-aan-Zee" },
            { "FirstName": "Griffin", "LastName": "Rice", "Email": "justo@tortordictumeu.net", "City": "Montpelier" },
            { "FirstName": "Catherine", "LastName": "West", "Email": "malesuada.augue@elementum.com", "City": "TarnÃ³w" },
            { "FirstName": "Jena", "LastName": "Chambers", "Email": "erat.Etiam.vestibulum@quamelementumat.net", "City": "Konya" },
            { "FirstName": "Neil", "LastName": "Rodriguez", "Email": "enim@facilisis.com", "City": "KrakÃ³w" },
            { "FirstName": "Freya", "LastName": "Charles", "Email": "metus@nec.net", "City": "Arzano" },
            { "FirstName": "Anastasia", "LastName": "Strong", "Email": "sit@vitae.edu", "City": "Polpenazze del Garda" },
            { "FirstName": "Bell", "LastName": "Simon", "Email": "mollis.nec.cursus@disparturientmontes.ca", "City": "Caxias do Sul" },
            { "FirstName": "Minerva", "LastName": "Allison", "Email": "Donec@nequeIn.edu", "City": "Rio de Janeiro" },
            { "FirstName": "Yoko", "LastName": "Dawson", "Email": "neque.sed@semper.net", "City": "Saint-Remy-Geest" },
            { "FirstName": "Nadine", "LastName": "Justice", "Email": "netus@et.edu", "City": "Calgary" },
            { "FirstName": "Hoyt", "LastName": "Rosa", "Email": "Nullam.ut.nisi@Aliquam.co.uk", "City": "Mold" },
            { "FirstName": "Shafira", "LastName": "Noel", "Email": "tincidunt.nunc@non.edu", "City": "KitzbÃ¼hel" },
            { "FirstName": "Jin", "LastName": "Nunez", "Email": "porttitor.tellus.non@venenatisamagna.net", "City": "Dreieich" },
            { "FirstName": "Barbara", "LastName": "Gay", "Email": "est.congue.a@elit.com", "City": "Overland Park" },
            { "FirstName": "Riley", "LastName": "Hammond", "Email": "tempor.diam@sodalesnisi.net", "City": "Smoky Lake" },
            { "FirstName": "Molly", "LastName": "Fulton", "Email": "semper@Naminterdumenim.net", "City": "Montese" },
            { "FirstName": "Dexter", "LastName": "Owen", "Email": "non.ante@odiosagittissemper.ca", "City": "Bousval" },
            { "FirstName": "Kuame", "LastName": "Merritt", "Email": "ornare.placerat.orci@nisinibh.ca", "City": "Solingen" },
            { "FirstName": "Maggie", "LastName": "Delgado", "Email": "Nam.ligula.elit@Cum.org", "City": "Tredegar" },
            { "FirstName": "Hanae", "LastName": "Washington", "Email": "nec.euismod@adipiscingelit.org", "City": "Amersfoort" },
            { "FirstName": "Jonah", "LastName": "Cherry", "Email": "ridiculus.mus.Proin@quispede.edu", "City": "Acciano" },
            { "FirstName": "Cheyenne", "LastName": "Munoz", "Email": "at@molestiesodalesMauris.edu", "City": "Saint-L?onard" },
            { "FirstName": "India", "LastName": "Mack", "Email": "sem.mollis@Inmi.co.uk", "City": "Maryborough" },
            { "FirstName": "Lael", "LastName": "Mcneil", "Email": "porttitor@risusDonecegestas.com", "City": "Livorno" },
            { "FirstName": "Jillian", "LastName": "Mckay", "Email": "vulputate.eu.odio@amagnaLorem.co.uk", "City": "Salvador" },
            { "FirstName": "Shaine", "LastName": "Wright", "Email": "malesuada@pharetraQuisqueac.org", "City": "Newton Abbot" },
            { "FirstName": "Keane", "LastName": "Richmond", "Email": "nostra.per.inceptos@euismodurna.org", "City": "Canterano" },
            { "FirstName": "Samuel", "LastName": "Davis", "Email": "felis@euenim.com", "City": "Peterhead" },
            { "FirstName": "Zelenia", "LastName": "Sheppard", "Email": "Quisque.nonummy@antelectusconvallis.org", "City": "Motta Visconti" },
            { "FirstName": "Giacomo", "LastName": "Cole", "Email": "aliquet.libero@urnaUttincidunt.ca", "City": "Donnas" },
            { "FirstName": "Mason", "LastName": "Hinton", "Email": "est@Nunc.co.uk", "City": "St. Asaph" },
            { "FirstName": "Katelyn", "LastName": "Koch", "Email": "velit.Aliquam@Suspendisse.edu", "City": "Cleveland" },
            { "FirstName": "Olga", "LastName": "Spencer", "Email": "faucibus@Praesenteudui.net", "City": "KarapÄ±nar" },
            { "FirstName": "Erasmus", "LastName": "Strong", "Email": "dignissim.lacus@euarcu.net", "City": "Passau" },
            { "FirstName": "Regan", "LastName": "Cline", "Email": "vitae.erat.vel@lacusEtiambibendum.co.uk", "City": "Pergola" },
            { "FirstName": "Stone", "LastName": "Holt", "Email": "eget.mollis.lectus@Aeneanegestas.ca", "City": "Houston" },
            { "FirstName": "Deanna", "LastName": "Branch", "Email": "turpis@estMauris.net", "City": "Olcenengo" },
            { "FirstName": "Rana", "LastName": "Green", "Email": "metus@conguea.edu", "City": "Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Lombeek" },
            { "FirstName": "Caryn", "LastName": "Henson", "Email": "Donec.sollicitudin.adipiscing@sed.net", "City": "Kington" },
            { "FirstName": "Clarke", "LastName": "Stein", "Email": "nec@mollis.co.uk", "City": "Tenali" },
            { "FirstName": "Kelsie", "LastName": "Porter", "Email": "Cum@gravidaAliquam.com", "City": "Ä°skenderun" },
            { "FirstName": "Cooper", "LastName": "Pugh", "Email": "Quisque.ornare.tortor@dictum.co.uk", "City": "Delhi" },
            { "FirstName": "Paul", "LastName": "Spencer", "Email": "ac@InfaucibusMorbi.com", "City": "Biez" },
            { "FirstName": "Cassady", "LastName": "Farrell", "Email": "Suspendisse.non@venenatisa.net", "City": "New Maryland" },
            { "FirstName": "Sydnee", "LastName": "Velazquez", "Email": "mollis@loremfringillaornare.com", "City": "Strï¿½e" },
            { "FirstName": "Felix", "LastName": "Boyle", "Email": "id.libero.Donec@aauctor.org", "City": "Edinburgh" },
            { "FirstName": "Ryder", "LastName": "House", "Email": "molestie@natoquepenatibus.org", "City": "Copertino" },
            { "FirstName": "Hadley", "LastName": "Holcomb", "Email": "penatibus@nisi.ca", "City": "Avadi" },
            { "FirstName": "Marsden", "LastName": "Nunez", "Email": "Nulla.eget.metus@facilisisvitaeorci.org", "City": "New Galloway" },
            { "FirstName": "Alana", "LastName": "Powell", "Email": "non.lobortis.quis@interdumfeugiatSed.net", "City": "Pitt Meadows" },
            { "FirstName": "Dennis", "LastName": "Wyatt", "Email": "Morbi.non@nibhQuisquenonummy.ca", "City": "Wrexham" },
            { "FirstName": "Karleigh", "LastName": "Walton", "Email": "nascetur.ridiculus@quamdignissimpharetra.com", "City": "Diksmuide" },
            { "FirstName": "Brielle", "LastName": "Donovan", "Email": "placerat@at.edu", "City": "Kolmont" },
            { "FirstName": "Donna", "LastName": "Dickerson", "Email": "lacus.pede.sagittis@lacusvestibulum.com", "City": "Vallepietra" },
            { "FirstName": "Eagan", "LastName": "Pate", "Email": "est.Nunc@cursusNunc.ca", "City": "Durness" },
            { "FirstName": "Carlos", "LastName": "Ramsey", "Email": "est.ac.facilisis@duinec.co.uk", "City": "Tiruvottiyur" },
            { "FirstName": "Regan", "LastName": "Murphy", "Email": "lectus.Cum@aptent.com", "City": "Candidoni" },
            { "FirstName": "Claudia", "LastName": "Spence", "Email": "Nunc.lectus.pede@aceleifend.co.uk", "City": "Augusta" },
            { "FirstName": "Genevieve", "LastName": "Parker", "Email": "ultrices@inaliquetlobortis.net", "City": "Forbach" },
            { "FirstName": "Marshall", "LastName": "Allison", "Email": "erat.semper.rutrum@odio.org", "City": "Landau" },
            { "FirstName": "Reuben", "LastName": "Davis", "Email": "Donec@auctorodio.edu", "City": "Schï¿½nebeck" },
            { "FirstName": "Ralph", "LastName": "Doyle", "Email": "pede.Suspendisse.dui@Curabitur.org", "City": "Linkebeek" },
            { "FirstName": "Constance", "LastName": "Gilliam", "Email": "mollis@Nulla.edu", "City": "Enterprise" },
            { "FirstName": "Serina", "LastName": "Jacobson", "Email": "dictum.augue@ipsum.net", "City": "HÃ©rouville-Saint-Clair" },
            { "FirstName": "Charity", "LastName": "Byrd", "Email": "convallis.ante.lectus@scelerisquemollisPhasellus.co.uk", "City": "Brussegem" },
            { "FirstName": "Hyatt", "LastName": "Bird", "Email": "enim.Nunc.ut@nonmagnaNam.com", "City": "Gdynia" },
            { "FirstName": "Brent", "LastName": "Dunn", "Email": "ac.sem@nuncid.com", "City": "Hay-on-Wye" },
            { "FirstName": "Casey", "LastName": "Bonner", "Email": "id@ornareelitelit.edu", "City": "Kearny" },
            { "FirstName": "Hakeem", "LastName": "Gill", "Email": "dis@nonummyipsumnon.org", "City": "Portico e San Benedetto" },
            { "FirstName": "Stewart", "LastName": "Meadows", "Email": "Nunc.pulvinar.arcu@convallisdolorQuisque.net", "City": "Dignano" },
            { "FirstName": "Nomlanga", "LastName": "Wooten", "Email": "inceptos@turpisegestas.ca", "City": "Troon" },
            { "FirstName": "Sebastian", "LastName": "Watts", "Email": "Sed.diam.lorem@lorem.co.uk", "City": "Palermo" },
            { "FirstName": "Chelsea", "LastName": "Larsen", "Email": "ligula@Nam.net", "City": "Poole" },
            { "FirstName": "Cameron", "LastName": "Humphrey", "Email": "placerat@id.org", "City": "Manfredonia" },
            { "FirstName": "Juliet", "LastName": "Bush", "Email": "consectetuer.euismod@vitaeeratVivamus.co.uk", "City": "Lavacherie" },
            { "FirstName": "Caryn", "LastName": "Hooper", "Email": "eu.enim.Etiam@ridiculus.org", "City": "Amelia" }
          ];
          return {
            findContactsMatching : function(str) {
              var result = [];
              var s = str.toLowerCase();
              for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
                var c = data[i];
                if(c['FirstName'].toLowerCase().indexOf(s) >= 0 || c['LastName'].toLowerCase().indexOf(s) >= 0 || c['Email'].toLowerCase().indexOf(s) >= 0) {
                  result.push(c)
                }
              }
              return result;
            }
          }
        }()
</script>
