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AutoSuggest Component

To add a what3words field with AutoSuggest to your website (we call this the AutoSuggest Component), follow these simple steps:

1

Choose API Key

You will need a valid API key in order to use this component within your website.

Get an API Key

2

Customise the AutoSuggest Component

For further details of how to customise the component using HTML attributes take a look at our tutorial


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Run

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Choose Technology


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Add the component to a form


Add this snippet of code between the <head></head> tags.

<script
  type="module"
  src="https://cdn.what3words.com/javascript-components@4-latest/dist/what3words/what3words.esm.js"
/>
<script
  nomodule
  src="https://cdn.what3words.com/javascript-components@4-latest/dist/what3words/what3words.js?key=YOUR-API-KEY"
/>
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Add this snippet of code within an HTML form element.

<what3words-autosuggest
  api_key="YOUR-API-KEY">
  <input
    autocomplete="off"
    type="text"
  />
</what3words-autosuggest>
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For further details of how to ensure the component inherits the styling of your form and to look at other available attributes, take a look at our tutorial

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