Don't care for query string...

[Gabriel]

I'm trying to create an autocomplete box. My web service uses MS Web API and I'd prefer to pass the value of autocomplete input field to the URL like this:
.../getProducts/sku=VALUE FROM FIELD

How would I go about this? If not, is one able to form a proper query string that won't need additional parsing to get a the value out? I've noticed the query string does not contain traditonal key/values.

I've also noticed the query string is chock full of crap despite me not specify paging, filtering, etc. I will be handling all this on the server and don't need to specify these items. Is it possible to remove this too?

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi,

 You should use the parameterMap setting of the transport to send a query string parameter:

$("#autocomplete").kendoAutoComplete( {
  dataSource: {
    transport: {
      read: "...",
      parameterMap: function() {
         return { sku: $("#autocomplete").data("kendoAutoComplete").value() };
      }
   }
  }
});

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Gabriel]

Thanks, works a treat.