Add ability to specify any additional ajax settings. Fixes devbridge#223, fixes devbridge#185

Author: Tomas Kirda

dist/jquery.autocomplete.js

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         var noop = function () { },
             that = this,
             defaults = {
+                ajaxSettings: {},
                 autoSelectFirst: false,
                 appendTo: document.body,
                 serviceUrl: null,
@@ -521,7 +522,8 @@
                 options = that.options,
                 serviceUrl = options.serviceUrl,
                 params,
-                cacheKey;
+                cacheKey,
+                ajaxSettings;
 
             options.params[options.paramName] = q;
             params = options.ignoreParams ? null : options.params;
@@ -546,12 +548,17 @@
                 if (that.currentRequest) {
                     that.currentRequest.abort();
                 }
-                that.currentRequest = $.ajax({
+
+                ajaxSettings = {
                     url: serviceUrl,
                     data: params,
                     type: options.type,
                     dataType: options.dataType
-                }).done(function (data) {
+                };
+
+                $.extend(ajaxSettings, options.ajaxSettings);
+
+                that.currentRequest = $.ajax(ajaxSettings).done(function (data) {
                     var result;
                     that.currentRequest = null;
                     result = options.transformResult(data);

readme.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ The standard jquery.autocomplete.js file is around 2.7KB when minified via Closu
     * Sets up autocomplete for input field(s).
     * `options`: An object literal which defines the settings to use for the autocomplete plugin.
         * `serviceUrl`: Server side URL or callback function that returns serviceUrl string. Optional if local lookup data is provided.
+        * `ajaxSettings`: Any additional [Ajax Settings](http://api.jquery.com/jquery.ajax/#jQuery-ajax-settings) that configure the jQuery Ajax request.
         * `lookup`: Lookup array for the suggestions. It may be array of strings or `suggestion` object literals.
             * `suggestion`: An object literal with the following format: `{ value: 'string', data: any }`.
         * `lookupFilter`: `function (suggestion, query, queryLowerCase) {}` filter function for local lookups. By default it does partial string match (case insensitive).