Conduct external website search within create content link field

Created on 2 January 2013, almost 12 years ago

Updated 31 August 2024, 3 months ago

I'd like to have a "source" link field in my content type that has some unique behavior when interacted with during node creation. I would a user to be able to dynamically conduct a search on another website within the field itself, be able to select a result, and then have that result saved as a clickable link. Is this possible?

Use case:
a) user clicks "create content"
b) in "source" link field, user enters a query (the field is tied to one pre-specified website [by site admin])
c) as user types query, the external website is queried, the results a displayed as an autocomplete/suggestion drop down within the field (like google instant)
d) user selects relevant result from within the field
e) user submits/saves node, selected result becomes formatted link that when clicked directs user to page on external site

Is this supported, planned, or even possible?

Thanks

💬 Support request

Status

Closed: outdated

Version

1.0

Component

Miscellaneous

Created by

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Comment 3 months ago →
🇫🇷France dqd London | N.Y.C | Paris | Hamburg | Berlin
Link module is in Drupal core now. I'll close this issue due to inactivity for 12 years and upcoming EOL of Drupal 7 in January 2025 → . While the project version for Drupal 7 will keep providing support for security issues and website breaking bug fixes for Drupal 7, we should try to minimize the open issues for Drupal 7 in the queue as much as possible. Thanks for the report and all the efforts in here. Feel free to re-open if you can provide a fix or found an additional related problem which increases the issue priority to "Critical" here.

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