purchase.address-autocomplete.suggest Need to be able to drill down on returned addresses

[GerryFC]

Hi all

We are  trying to build a drop down list of addresses using the 

purchase.address-autocomplete.suggest extension.

Due to various vagaries, we will sometimes returns a condensed link of addresses and invite the user to drill down further to find their actual address by clicking on the drill down suggestion.

Trouble is, we can't find any way of making this work in the current set up for extensions. Has anyone solved a similar issue

So far:

Extended 'purchase.address-autocomplete.format-suggestion' to detect a drill down link and forward to the API to find the next step in the chain, it does this well and finds the data, but we can make this component return the results to the gui as the results do not have a formattedAddress

Cheers

[richardcobain · Accepted solution]

It sounds like your issue is with dynamically updating the dropdown list when a user clicks on a drill-down suggestion. Since purchase.address-autocomplete.format-suggestion works but doesn't update the UI, try using Shopify's API response handling with purchase.address-autocomplete.suggest to dynamically inject the new results. Ensure that your API returns formattedAddress for each level of the drill-down. If Shopify’s built-in extension limits this behavior, consider using a custom JavaScript event listener to capture the drill-down click and trigger a new API request to update the dropdown dynamically.

[GerryFC]

Thanks Richard! Apologies for delay in reply, with your help we got it done.

Cheers

Gerry