This time I will share jQuery Plugin and tutorial about Dynamically Populate Options Of A Select Element From JSON, hope it will help you in programming stack.
Have you ever wanted to bind JSON data to a dropdown list?
Here is a jQuery plugin that makes it possible to dynamically populate options of a native select element from a JSON file (or JSON API) you provide.
Ultra lightweight and easy to implement. You can easily modify the JS code to match your data set.
How to use it:
1. To get started, insert the JavaScript index.js after loading the latest jQuery JavaScript library.
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<script src="/path/to/cdn/jquery.min.js"></script> |
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<script src="index.js"></script> |
2. Initialize the plugin on your select element and specify the path to the JSON data.
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<select id="myDropdown"></select> |
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$('#myDropdown').dynamicDropdown({ |
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{"name":"jQuery", "url":"jQueryScript.net"}, |
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{"name":"JS & CSS", "url":"CSSScript.com"}, |
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{"name":"Google", "url":"Google.com"}, |
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{"name":"Youtube", "url":"Youtube.com"}, |
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{"name":"<a href="https: |
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{"name":"Instagram", "url":"Instagram.com"}, |
3. Determine the key & value names if necessary.
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$('#myDropdown').dynamicDropdown({ |
