Jquery Ajax autocomplete: action of a controller not available

Question

I was trying to create an autocomplete field using jquery and ajax. I tried the code below but it gives me an error that the action of the controller is not available. Here is the code in my exeternal .js file:

$(function () {
  $("#inputfield").autocomplete({
    source: '<g:createLink controller="fruit" action="findFruit">'
  });
});

And this is the code from my Fruit controller:

def findFruit = {
  def fruitsearch= Fruit.withCriteria {
    ilike 'fruit', params.term + '%'
  }

  render (fruitsearch?.'fruit' as JSON)
}

I used firebug to see whats going on, and when I tried an input on the texfield, it says that the action findFruit is not available.

Am I missing something? Or is their something wrong on the code? Thanks

you're defining a method `findFruit=` but calling a method `findFruit` — Amit Kumar Gupta, Aug 31 '12 at 05:30
Which version of grails are you using, try defining actions as methods instead of closures [see this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9205209/why-should-grails-actions-be-declared-as-methods-instead-of-closures-and-what-di). — Vishal, Aug 31 '12 at 05:41
Okay, I tried changing it to action as a method ie def findFruit(){}, but still it has the same error. — user1577161, Aug 31 '12 at 05:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 31 '12 at 05:56

Since your js code is evaluated from an external js file you should try using pure js code instead of grails tags (coz they won't work)

Try using relative path like:

$( "#inputfield" ).autocomplete({
    source: '/app-name/controller/action'
});

see if this works.

Jquery Ajax autocomplete: action of a controller not available

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