Autocomplete field using external API with Salesforce

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Is it possible to create an autocompleted field using data from an external (non Salesforce) REST/JSON API?

I guess that if I try to do it I'll run in some same-origin policy problems. So maybe using an APEX class acting as proxy between my JS and my API?

Sam · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-28 06:36:16Z

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You could use the sforce.connection.remoteFunction funciton from the ajax tookit to get the data from external servers. You will not get the same-orign policy error. And then you could use the jQuery's autocomplete plugin to achieve the auto-complete functionality

answered Jun 28, 2013 at 6:36

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