Implement Search with a custom Filter in AngularJS with Example and Demo

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Submitted by Anishnirmal on Sat, 11/26/2016 - 16:33

The below example implements a search in which the search String is compared with the Array list. It uses indexOf method to compare the search string with the items. The attribute ng-repeat is used to print the list of items in the li tag. 

AngularJS Filter Code:

.filter('mySearch', function(){
	return function(ary, str){
		if(!str){
			return ary;
		}
		var result = [];
		str = str.toLowerCase();
		angular.forEach(ary, function(item){
			if(item.title.toLowerCase().indexOf(str) !== -1){
				result.push(item);
			}
		});
		return result;
	};
})

Demo:

AngularJS Search with custom filter
Search :

  • {{item.title}}


Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8" />
	<title>AngularJS Search with custom filter</title>
</head>
<body ng-app="myAppSearch" ng-controller="SearchController">
	<div class="search">
		<span><strong>Search : </strong><input type="text" style="box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(81, 203, 238, 1);  padding: 3px 0px 3px 3px;  margin: 5px 1px 3px 0px;  border: 1px solid rgba(81, 203, 238, 1); height: 25px; width: 250px;"ng-model="str" placeholder="Search Here..." /></span>
	</div>
	<ul>
		<li ng-repeat="item in items | mySearch:str">
			<p>{{item.title}}</p>
		</li>
	</ul>
	<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js"></script>
	<script>
		var app = angular.module("myAppSearch", []);
		app.filter('mySearch', function(){
	return function(ary, str){
		if(!str){
			return ary;
		}
		var result = [];
		str = str.toLowerCase();
		angular.forEach(ary, function(item){
			if(item.title.toLowerCase().indexOf(str) !== -1){
				result.push(item);
			}
		});
		return result;
	};
})
		.controller('SearchController', function($scope) {
			$scope.items = [
				{
					title: 'Code Expertz',
				},
				{
					title: 'AngularJS ',
				},
				{
					title: 'Drupal',
				},
				{
					title: 'Java Script',
				},
				{
					title: 'NodeJS',
				},
				{
					title: 'Cron Tab Generator',
				},
				{
					title: 'Password Generator',
				},
				{
					title: 'Ionic',
				}
			];
		});
	</script>
</body>
</html>
Category: 
AngularJS