Not every keystroke needs to fire an API request to get autocomplete results because, by the time we get the results back, a new character will likely already have been typed, invalidating the results.
Instead, debounce the API requests no keystrokes have been received for a short little time & then fire the API request.
Acceptance criteria:
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debounce autocomplete API requests | mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseMediaInfo | master | +15 -1 |
Change 650149 had a related patch set uploaded (by Matthias Mullie; owner: Matthias Mullie):
[mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseMediaInfo@master] Debounce autocomplete API requests
Change 650149 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseMediaInfo@master] Debounce autocomplete API requests
Checked in commons wmf.27.
Note: Interesting that separate api requests will be sent even if search terms are pasted in the search field.
e.g. Paste cats dogs rabbits and the result will be
{searchinfo: {search: "cats dogs rabbits"}, search: [], success: 1}
search: []
searchinfo: {search: "cats dogs rabbits"}
success: 1
{searchinfo: {search: "rabbits"},…}
search: [{id: "Q1473406", title: "Q1473406", pageid: 1411413, repository: "wikidata",…},…]
search-continue: 50
searchinfo: {search: "rabbits"}
success: 1Yeah it does 2 when the term consists out of multiple words: