Autosuggest Trie

Minimalistic trie implementation for autosuggest and autocomplete components.

Installation

npm install autosuggest-trie --save

Basic Usage

import createTrie from 'autosuggest-trie';

const locations = [
  {
    id: 1,
    name: 'East Richmond 1234 VIC',
    population: 10000
  },
  {
    id: 2,
    name: 'East Eagle 1235 VIC',
    population: 5000
  },
  {
    id: 3,
    name: 'Richmond West 5678 VIC',
    population: 4000
  },
  {
    id: 4,
    name: 'Cheltenham 3192 Melbourne VIC',
    population: 7000
  },
  {
    id: 5,
    name: 'Richmond 6776 VIC',
    population: 3000
  }
];

const trie = createTrie(locations, 'name');

console.log(trie.getMatches('richmond e'));
/*
  [ { id: 1, name: 'East Richmond 1234 VIC', population: 10000 } ]
*/

console.log(trie.getMatches('ri', { limit: 2 }));
/*
  [ { id: 3, name: 'Richmond West 5678 VIC', population: 4000 },
    { id: 5, name: 'Richmond 6776 VIC', population: 3000 } ]
*/

API

Function	Description
createTrie(items, textKey, options)	Creates a trie containing the given items.
getMatches(query, options)	Returns items that match the given query.

createTrie(items, textKey, options)

Creates a trie containing the given items.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
items	Array	✓	Array of items. Every item must be an object.
textKey	String	✓	Key that every item in items must have. item will be inserted to the trie based on item[textKey].
options	Object		Additional options

Possible options:

Option	Type	Default	Description
comparator	Function	none	Items comparator, similar to Array#sort's compareFunction. It gets two items, and should return a number. Note: Matches in the first word (let's call it "group 1") are prioritized over matches in the second word ("group 2"), which are prioritized over matches in the third word ("group 3"), and so on. comparator will only sort the matches within each group. When comparator is not specified, items within each group will preserve their order in items.
splitRegex	RegExp	/\s+/	Used to split items' textKey into words.

getMatches(query, options)

Returns items that match the given query.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	String	✓	Non-blank query string. If query is blank, [] is returned.
options	Object		Additional query options.

Possible options:

Option	Type	Default	Description
limit	Number	Infinity	Integer >= 1 For example: getMatches('me', { limit: 3 }) will return no more than 3 items that match 'me'.
splitRegex	RegExp	/\s+/	Used to split the query into words.

Running Tests

npm test

License

MIT