MediaWiki:Common.js
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/* Any JavaScript here will be loaded for all users on every page load. */
// We'll wait for the DOM to be ready before attaching our logic
$(document).ready(function() {
// Check if we're on the form page; replace 'Form:YourForm' with the actual form name
if (mw.config.get('wgPageName') === 'Form:Beach') {
// Attach event to your input element; replace 'input[name="wpCityName"]' with the actual input name
$('input[name="page_name"]').on('input', function() {
const searchValue = $(this).val();
const endpointUrl = `https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&search=${searchValue}&language=en&format=json&origin=*`;
// Perform the API request
$.getJSON(endpointUrl, function(data) {
console.log(data);
if (data.search.length > 0) {
const firstResult = data.search.slice(0,5);
// Display the result; replace '#result' with where you'd like the result displayed
$('#result').html(`Found: ${firstResult.label} (Wikidata ID: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/${firstResult.id}">${firstResult.id}</a>)`);
} else {
$('#result').html('No results found');
}
}).fail(function() {
$('#result').html('An error occurred');
});
});
}
});