I'm looking for a clone of Google Instant that dynamically changes the page as you continue to type (autocomplete)

Question

I'm trying to find a tutorial or script that has most of the Google Instant functionality but I would be hit my API instead of Google and then displaying results from my domain.

Answer 1

Here is a tutorial: http://woorkup.com/2010/09/13/how-to-create-your-own-instant-search/

You can also look at the source of the many available jQuery plugins for that purpose (google for "live search", "instant search" or similar). For instance, this one: http://ejohn.org/blog/jquery-livesearch/

Answer 2

It's just an AJAX autocomplete. jQuery UI has a built-in autocompleter that's very easy to work with.