How can I create a custom predictive search with a Search Template?

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I’m trying to create a custom predictive search by creating a search template with {% layout none %} at the top and generating a json from the search responses. But I can’t get the template to load.

This is my search.suggest.liquid template, I know it’s not going to return any search results but I just want to display something for now and I’ll work on turning it into a json response later.

{% layout none %}

  
    

Hellow World

When I try to use this search with the following url

/search/suggest?type=page&q=about%20us*

I get the following response.

Invalid parameter error: Missing section_id param

I’ve tried setting section_id to 1 which gives a different error

Section not found: Section id `1` was not found in the theme

Any ideas how I can proceed?

Thanks,

Stu