(function($) { var usdaFoodSearchEngine = new Bloodhound({ initialize: false, datumTokenizer: function(datum) { return Bloodhound.tokenizers.whitespace(datum.name); }, queryTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.whitespace, identify: function(datum) { return datum.ndbn; }, sorter: function(a, b) { if (a.name < b.name) { return -1; } else if (b.name < a.name) { return 1; } else { return 0; } }, remote: { url: '/ingredients/usda_food_search.json?query=%QUERY', wildcard: '%QUERY' } }); $(document).on("ready page:load", function() { var $ingredientForm = $("#ingredient_form"); if ($ingredientForm.length) { usdaFoodSearchEngine.initialize(false); } $ingredientForm.find(".ndbn_typeahead").typeahead_selector({ },{ name: 'usdaFoods', source: usdaFoodSearchEngine, display: function(datum) { return datum.name; } }); }); })(jQuery);