how to change jquery ui autocomplete function suitable for python

Instead of using search.php within this example, how can i use a python method to return the data? example: is this valid: $.getJSON( "{{ data }}", { term: extractLast( request.term ) }, response );

       $(function() {
    function split( val ) {
        return val.split( /,\s*/ );
    }
    function extractLast( term ) {
        return split( term ).pop();
    }

    $( "#birds" )
        // don't navigate away from the field on tab when selecting an item
        .bind( "keydown", function( event ) {
            if ( event.keyCode === $.ui.keyCode.TAB &&
                    $( this ).data( "autocomplete" ).menu.active ) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        })
        .autocomplete({
            source: function( request, response ) {
                $.getJSON( "search.php", {
                    term: extractLast( request.term )
                }, response );
            },
            search: function() {
                // custom minLength
                var term = extractLast( this.value );
                if ( term.length < 2 ) {
                    return false;
                }
            },
            focus: function() {
                // prevent value inserted on focus
                return false;
            },
            select: function( event, ui ) {
                var terms = split( this.value );
                // remove the current input
                terms.pop();
            开发者_StackOverflow    // add the selected item
                terms.push( ui.item.value );
                // add placeholder to get the comma-and-space at the end
                terms.push( "" );
                this.value = terms.join( ", " );
                return false;
            }
        });
});

You will need to have your python script print a JSON formatted string for a data array. I would be willing to bet the python has a library you may load for converting objects, array, strings, etc into JSON formatted strings. Simple turn the appropriate array into a JSON string and your JavaScript will load it, now what exactly your suppose to return, I can't tell from this example.

Good luck!

I use simplejson package. You didn't say what Python framework you want to use. Something like this is typical:

json = simplejson.dumps(obj) return HttpResponse(json, "application/json")

For a more complete implementation you can look at my json.py module.