Modified opensearch template and autocomplete route

- Changed opensearch suggestions to use POST request
- Added generic data fallback for autocomplete requests
- Moved auto form submit to only occur when clicking on specific result

app/routes.py

@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ def autocomplete():
     request_params = request.args if request.method == 'GET' else request.form
     q = request_params.get('q')
 
-    if not q:
-        return jsonify({'results': []})
+    if not q and not request.data:
+        return jsonify({'?': []})
+    elif request.data:
+        q = urlparse.unquote_plus(request.data.decode('utf-8').replace('q=', ''))
 
     return jsonify([q, g.user_request.autocomplete(q)])
 

app/static/js/autocomplete.js

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const autocomplete = (searchInput, autocompleteResults) => {
                 autocompleteItem.addEventListener("click", function () {
                     searchInput.value = this.getElementsByTagName("input")[0].value;
                     closeAllLists();
+                    document.getElementById("search-form").submit();
                 });
                 autocompleteList.appendChild(autocompleteItem);
             }
@@ -93,6 +94,5 @@ const autocomplete = (searchInput, autocompleteResults) => {
     // Close lists and search when user selects a suggestion
     document.addEventListener("click", function (e) {
         closeAllLists(e.target);
-        document.getElementById("search-form").submit();
     });
 };

app/templates/opensearch.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
   <Url type="text/html" method="{{ request_type }}" template="{{ main_url }}/search">
     <Param name="q" value="{searchTerms}"/>
   </Url>
-  <Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" template="{{ main_url }}/autocomplete?q={searchTerms}"/>
+  <Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" method="{{ request_type }}" template="{{ main_url }}/autocomplete">
+    <Param name="q" value="{searchTerms}"/>
+  </Url>
   <moz:SearchForm>{{ main_url }}/search</moz:SearchForm>
 </OpenSearchDescription>