use-autocomplete.tsx

src/components/search/use-autocomplete.tsx
import { useCallback, useId, useRef, useState } from 'react'
import {
type AutocompleteApi,
type AutocompleteState,
createAutocomplete,
} from '@algolia/autocomplete-core'
import { useRouter } from 'next/navigation'
import { type Result, search } from './search-client'
type EmptyObject = Record<string, never>
type Autocomplete = AutocompleteApi<
Result,
React.SyntheticEvent,
React.MouseEvent,
React.KeyboardEvent
>
export function useAutocomplete({
onClose,
}: {
onClose: (ac: Autocomplete) => void
}) {
const id = useId()
const router = useRouter()
const [autocompleteState, setAutocompleteState] = useState<
AutocompleteState<Result> | EmptyObject
>({})
const autocompleteRef = useRef<Autocomplete | null>(null)
const navigate = useCallback(
({ itemUrl }: { itemUrl?: string }) => {
if (!itemUrl) return
router.push(itemUrl)
// if navigating to same URL, still close
if (
itemUrl ===
window.location.pathname + window.location.search + window.location.hash
) {
if (autocompleteRef.current) {
onClose(autocompleteRef.current)
}
}
},
[router, onClose]
)
const [autocomplete] = useState<Autocomplete>(() =>
createAutocomplete<
Result,
React.SyntheticEvent,
React.MouseEvent,
React.KeyboardEvent
>({
id,
placeholder: 'Search...',
defaultActiveItemId: 0,
onStateChange({ state }) {
setAutocompleteState(state)
},
shouldPanelOpen({ state }) {
return state.query.trim() !== ''
},
navigator: { navigate },
getSources({ query }) {
return Promise.resolve([
{
sourceId: 'content',
getItems() {
if (!query) return []
return search(query, { limit: 20 })
},
getItemUrl({ item }) {
return item.url
},
onSelect({ item }) {
navigate({ itemUrl: item.url })
},
},
])
},
})
)
autocompleteRef.current = autocomplete
return { autocomplete, autocompleteState }
}

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