Get the id value from the autocomplete input?

[bmcgonag]

I'm able to get the autocomplete to fill with my data items dynamically from the database, and display the text portion of the object as the option, but I would like to get the id value of the autocomplete option once selected. I don't see any method, or way to do this. Is it possible to get the id of the autocomplete option selected?

any help is greatly appreciated.

[gselderslaghs]

The retrieval of the ID seem to happen in between L237 and L241 in the autocomplete component and is set by this.selectOption(entryID) on L238

const entryID = li.getAttribute('data-id');
this.selectOption(entryID);
// Handle user declared onItemClick if needed
if (userOnItemClick && typeof userOnItemClick === 'function')
  userOnItemClick.call(this.dropdown, this.el);

The selectOption method stores the selected items in selectedValues

You could retrieve the full data object as initial set in the Autocomplete by acces the selectedValues property of the Autocomplete component

I've set up a CodePen example for clarification, as you inspect your browsers console, you can see the result as shown in this screenshot

Let me know if this resolves your issue