Fire a controller action from a jQuery Autocomplete selection

I have a jQuery autoselect box displaying the correct data. Now I would like to fire an ASP.NET MVC 3 controller when an item is selected. The controller 开发者_如何转开发should then redirect to a View. Here's my jQuery autocomplete code (I'm sure something is missing in the 2nd Ajax call, but I haven't found it yet):

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function () {
        $("#Client").autocomplete({
            source: function (request, response) {
                $.ajax({
                    url: 'Entity/GetClientAutoComplete', type: 'POST', dataType: 'json',
                    data: { query: request.term },
                    success: function (data) {
                        response($.map(data, function (item) {
                            return { label: item, value: item };
                        }))
                    }
                })
            },
            minLength: 1,
            select: function (event, ui) {
                $.ajax({
                    url: 'Entity/GetApplicationsByName/' + ui.item.value, type: 'POST'
                })
            }
        });
    });
    </script>

And here's the controller I'm trying to call:

 public ActionResult GetApplicationsByName(string id)
        {
            ViewBag.Client = id;
            var apps = _service.GetDashboardByName(id);
            return View("Dashboard", apps.ToList());
        }

When I watch the Ajax call fire in Firebug, I see the correct URL configuration, but nothing else happens. It's acting as though it wants to load something rather than send something. I'm confused. Thank you for any guidance.

Well you sent an id by POST to the GetApplicationsByName controller and the controller is sending back the view.

If you want redirection, you can use the following:

select: function (event, ui) {
    window.location.href = 'Entity/GetApplicationsByName/' + ui.item.value;
}