Make a new REST service for the autocomplete plugin, significantly reducing the size of the responses. Also enables caching in the browser.

plugins/Autocomplete/Autocomplete.js

@@ -1,38 +1,37 @@
 $(document).ready(function(){
-    $.getJSON($('address .url')[0].href+'/api/statuses/friends.json?user_id=' + current_user['id'] + '&lite=true&callback=?',
+            $('#notice_data-text').autocomplete($('address .url')[0].href+'/plugins/Autocomplete/autocomplete.json', {
-        function(friends){
-            $('#notice_data-text').autocomplete(friends, {
                 multiple: true,
                 multipleSeparator: " ",
                 minChars: 1,
                 formatItem: function(row, i, max){
-                    return '@' + row.screen_name + ' (' + row.name + ')';
+                    row = eval("(" + row + ")");
+                    switch(row.type)
+                    {
+                        case 'user':
+                            return row.nickname + ' (' + row.fullname + ')';
+                        case 'group':
+                            return row.nickname + ' (' + row.fullname + ')';
+                    }
                 },
                 formatMatch: function(row, i, max){
-                    return '@' + row.screen_name;
+                    row = eval("(" + row + ")");
+                    switch(row.type)
+                    {
+                        case 'user':
+                            return row.nickname;
+                        case 'group':
+                            return row.nickname;
+                    }
                 },
                 formatResult: function(row){
-                    return '@' + row.screen_name;
+                    row = eval("(" + row + ")");
+                    switch(row.type)
+                    {
+                        case 'user':
+                            return '@' + row.nickname;
+                        case 'group':
+                            return '!' + row.nickname;
+                    }
                 }
             });
-        }
-    );
-    $.getJSON($('address .url')[0].href+'/api/statusnet/groups/list.json?user_id=' + current_user['id'] + '&callback=?',
-        function(groups){
-            $('#notice_data-text').autocomplete(groups, {
-                multiple: true,
-                multipleSeparator: " ",
-                minChars: 1,
-                formatItem: function(row, i, max){
-                    return '!' + row.nickname + ' (' + row.fullname + ')';
-                },
-                formatMatch: function(row, i, max){
-                    return '!' + row.nickname;
-                },
-                formatResult: function(row){
-                    return '!' + row.nickname;
-                }
-            });
-        }
-    );
 });

plugins/Autocomplete/AutocompletePlugin.php

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
+require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/plugins/Autocomplete/autocomplete.php');
+
 class AutocompletePlugin extends Plugin
 {
     function __construct()
@@ -40,13 +42,6 @@ class AutocompletePlugin extends Plugin
 
     function onEndShowScripts($action){
         if (common_logged_in()) {
-            $current_user = common_current_user();
-            $js_string = <<<EOT
-<script type="text/javascript">
-var current_user = { id: '$current_user->id' };
-</script>
-EOT;
-            $action->raw($js_string);
             $action->script('plugins/Autocomplete/jquery-autocomplete/jquery.autocomplete.pack.js');
             $action->script('plugins/Autocomplete/Autocomplete.js');
         }
@@ -59,5 +54,12 @@ EOT;
         }
     }
 
+    function onRouterInitialized($m)
+    {
+        if (common_logged_in()) {
+            $m->connect('plugins/Autocomplete/autocomplete.json', array('action'=>'autocomplete'));
+        }
+    }
+
 }
 ?>

plugins/Autocomplete/autocomplete.php

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * StatusNet, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * List users for autocompletion
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Plugin
+ * @package   StatusNet
+ * @author    Craig Andrews <candrews@integralblue.com>
+ * @copyright 2008-2009 StatusNet, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://status.net/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * List users for autocompletion
+ *
+ * This is the form for adding a new g
+ *
+ * @category Plugin
+ * @package  StatusNet
+ * @author   Craig Andrews <candrews@integralblue.com>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://status.net/
+ */
+
+class AutocompleteAction extends Action
+{
+    private $result;
+
+    function prepare($args)
+    {
+        parent::prepare($args);
+        $this->results = array();
+        $q = $this->arg('q');
+        $limit = $this->arg('limit');
+        if($limit > 200) $limit=200; //prevent DOS attacks
+        if(substr($q,0,1)=='@'){
+            //user search
+            $q=substr($q,1);
+            $user = new User();
+            $user->limit($limit);
+            $user->whereAdd('nickname like \'' . trim($user->escape($q), '\'') . '%\'');
+            $user->find();
+            while($user->fetch()) {
+                $profile = Profile::pkeyGet(array('id' => $user->id));
+                $this->results[]=array('nickname' => $user->nickname, 'fullname'=> $profile->fullname, 'type'=>'user');
+            }
+        }
+        if(substr($q,0,1)=='!'){
+            //group search
+            $q=substr($q,1);
+            $group = new User_group();
+            $group->limit($limit);
+            $group->whereAdd('nickname like \'' . trim($group->escape($q), '\'') . '%\'');
+            $group->find();
+            while($group->fetch()) {
+                $this->results[]=array('nickname' => $group->nickname, 'fullname'=> $group->fullname, 'type'=>'group');
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    function handle($args)
+    {
+        parent::handle($args);
+        foreach($this->results as $result) {
+            print json_encode($result) . "\n";
+        }
+    }
+}