Avoid frequent "getSuggestions" call in SuggestModal

ankush · July 3, 2024, 11:25am

While using SuggestModal is there a way to avoid triggering getSuggestions on every keystroke.
I am hitting an third party api in getSuggestions and would like to hit it only when user pause(500ms) after typing something. I have explored debounce but just not getting it right.

joethei · July 3, 2024, 11:32am

Here is an example from a plugin I never released:

github.com

joethei/obsidian-calibre/blob/master/src/modals/BookSuggestModal.ts

import {debounce, Debouncer, htmlToMarkdown, Instruction, MarkdownRenderer, SuggestModal} from "obsidian";
import CalibrePlugin from "../main";
import {createNote, pasteToNote} from "../templating/templateProcessing";
import {BookInfoModal} from "./BookInfoModal";
import {Book} from "../sources/CalibreSourceTypes";

export class BookSuggestModal extends SuggestModal<Book> {
	private readonly plugin: CalibrePlugin;
	private readonly select: boolean;

	private results: Book[] = [];
	private query: string;

	private readonly debouncedSearch: Debouncer<[query: string]>;

	private resolve: (book: Book) => void;

	constructor(plugin: CalibrePlugin, select = false) {
		super(plugin.app);
		this.plugin = plugin;

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