[Solved] AJAX AutoComplete not displaying the items

[Dave]

Hi. I just want to display a list of values that are retrieved serverside using AJAX.  It calls the AJAX method successfully, but does not display the returned values.

Markup:

      @(Html.Kendo().AutoComplete()

.Name("EditNameAutoComplete")

.DataSource(source =>

            source.Read(read => read.Action("GetUsers", "Administration"))

                .ServerFiltering(true)))

Method:

public JsonResult GetUsers()

{

    string input = Request.Params["filter[filters][0][value]"];

    var adValues = //Get names from Active Directory that start with our input

    var users = adValues.Select(user => user.CommonName).ToList();

    users.Sort();

    return Json(users);

}

Should be simple enough, and it's calling the Ajax method, but not displaying anything afterward. It just acts like a normal textbox. I'm definitely returning strings. What am I doing wrong?

[Dave]

Disregard, I figured it out. I should have been specifying AllowGet for the JSON, like so:

return Json(users, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);

Woohoo!

[Dave]

New question - is there a way to set up Kendo AutoComplete to perform a POST instead of a GET, using the MVC extensions?
Thanks.

[Dave]

Aha, found it.

@(Html.Kendo().AutoCompleteFor(m => m.NewIssue.Responsible)

      .MinLength(3)

      .HtmlAttributes(new { @class="autocomplete" })

        

      .DataSource(ds => ds.Read(r => r.Action("GetUserNames", "Ajax").Type(HttpVerbs.Post))

                          .ServerFiltering(true)))