Combine data from 2 AJAX calls into one array?

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The array should be used as Autocomplete suggestions for this searchbox:

<input type="text" class="searchbox" placeholder="Type here...">

I tried to combine AJAX calls but I'm getting these errors:

Cannot read property 'slice' of undefined

Cannot read property 'length' of undefined

If you have an idea of how to properly structure this, please let me know.

are both ajax call on same condition if so they can be handled at php end — saurabh kamble, Jan 05 '16 at 04:21
Are you looking for them to go in order? Ajax 1 fires, then once it's done, ajax 2 fires? — Rasclatt, Jan 05 '16 at 04:25
So one hits your local server and one hits a remote api? Correct? — Rasclatt, Jan 05 '16 at 04:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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You started moving in the right direction – you need an array that both AJAX calls can access, but you are modifying the array wrong – you need to add new elements, not re-assign the whole array, eg:

$.map(list, function(v,i) {
    results.push({
        label: v.Title + ' (' + v.Year + ')',
        value: v.Title
    });
});

Another mistake is initialising autocomplete plug-in before you get the data – it would make more sense to prepare the array first, and then initialise autocomplete when all async tasks (your AJAX calls are async tasks) are done. See this example: multiple ajax calls wait for last one to load, then execute

edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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answered Jan 05 '16 at 04:50

Denis Mysenko

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You shouldn't use 'response' any longer, it became simpler: $(".searchbox").autocomplete({source: results}); – Denis Mysenko Jan 05 '16 at 05:41
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If you check the url's there is request.term and it is not mentioned anywhere in the code - you need to either replace it with some correct word or with existing variable. replace var results; in the top with var results = []; so the array gets initialised - this should help! – Denis Mysenko Jan 05 '16 at 06:58

Combine data from 2 AJAX calls into one array?

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