ROR Typeahead Demos

This example queries the ROR API as the user types and generates suggestions based on the query results. The URL for this query is:

https://api.ror.org/organizations?query=

This is example uses Twitter typeahead.js and jQuery, however, it can be created using a variety of typeahead plugins, including those for specific JS frameworks.

Basic institution name typeahead

Institution name
Begin typing to activate a suggestion list. Please choose an institution from the list, if available. If your institution is not listed, continue typing to enter its name manually.

Data returned from ROR API

Including department-level information

Use ROR to capture the the “top level” organization (ex: University of Wisconsin-Madison). If you also need to capture department, college or other sub-unit information, provide a separate free-text field.

Institution name
Begin typing to activate a suggestion list. Please choose an institution from the list, if available. If your institution is not listed, continue typing to enter its name manually.

Department/Sub-unit

Data returned from ROR API

Populating other fields with ROR data

Consider populating other fields in your form automatically, using data from the ROR record selected by the user. See the list of ROR record fields in ROR data structure

Institution name
Begin typing to activate a suggestion list. Please choose an institution from the list, if available. If your institution is not listed, continue typing to enter its name manually.

Department/Sub-unit

City

Country