gemfile

gem 'faker', github: 'stympy/faker'
gem 'rack-contrib'
gem 'soulmate', :require => 'soulmate/server'

home.css.scss

// Place all the styles related to the home controller here.
// They will automatically be included in application.css.
// You can use Sass (SCSS) here: http://sass-lang.com/
.container {
	width: 500px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 100px;
	text-align: center;
}

#search{
	width: 400px;
	padding: 10px;
}

li.soulmate-suggestion{
	text-align: left;
}

home.js

var ready = function(){
  var render, select;

  render = function(term, data, type) {
    return term;
  }

  select = function(term, data, type){
    // populate our search form with the autocomplete result
    $('#search').val(term);
   
    // hide our autocomplete results
    $('ul#soulmate').hide();

    // then redirect to the result's link 
    // remember we have the link in the 'data' metadata
    return window.location.href = data.link
  }

  $('#search').soulmate({
    url: '/autocomplete/search',
    types: ['nouns','verbs'],
    renderCallback : render,
    selectCallback : select,
    minQueryLength : 2,
    maxResults     : 5
  })


}
// when our document is ready, call our ready function
$(document).ready(ready);

// if using turbolinks, listen to the page:load event and fire our ready function
$(document).on('page:load', ready);

index.html.erb

<div class="container">
	<h2>Search Nouns and Verbs</h2>
	<%= form_tag do %>
	  <%= text_field_tag "search", nil, placeholder: "Search", autocomplete: :off %>
	<% end %>
</div>

noun.rb

class Noun < ActiveRecord::Base
	after_save :load_into_soulmate
	before_destroy :remove_from_soulmate

        validates_uniqueness_of :name

	private 

	def load_into_soulmate
		loader = Soulmate::Loader.new("nouns")
		loader.add("term" => name, "id" => self.id, "data" => {
			"link" => Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.noun_path(self)
	   	})
	end

	def remove_from_soulmate
		loader = Soulmate::Loader.new("nouns")
	    loader.remove("id" => self.id)
	end
end

routes.rb

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  mount Soulmate::Server, :at => "/autocomplete"

  resources :verbs
  resources :nouns

  root 'home#index'
end

seeds.rb

# create 500 nouns
puts "Creating 'nouns'"
500.times do
  Noun.create(name: Faker::Name.name)
end


# create 500 verbs
puts "Creating 'verbs'"
500.times do
  Verb.create(name: Faker::Name.name)
end

soulmate.css

#soulmate {
    background-color: #fafafa;
    border: 1px solid #bbb;
    display: none;
    font: 12px/14px "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-weight: normal;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0 0 0 10px;
    padding: 0;
    position: absolute;
    text-shadow: 0 0 0 white;
    /* play around with the top and left properties for correct positioning */
    top: 201px; 
    left: 460px;
    width: 579px;
    z-index: 1000;
    -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
    -moz-border-radius: 4px;
    -ms-border-radius: 4px;
    -o-border-radius: 4px;
    -khtml-border-radius: 4px;
    border-radius: 4px;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    -khtml-box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    -ms-box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    -o-box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}
 #soulmate .soulmate-type-container {
    border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
}
 #soulmate .soulmate-type-container:first-child {
    border-top: none;
}
 #soulmate .soulmate-type-suggestions {
    border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
    float: right;
    list-style: none;
    padding: 5px 0;
    width: 490px;
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}
 #soulmate .soulmate-suggestion {
    color: #111;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 13px;
    padding: 5px 0 6px 12px;
    text-decoration: none;
}
 #soulmate .soulmate-suggestion.focus {
    color: white;
    margin-left: -1px;
    margin-right: -1px;
    padding-left: 13px;
    position: relative;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #32629b;
    z-index: 1;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
    -khtml-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
    -ms-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
    -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
    background: #545454;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #545454 0, #444444 100%);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, from(#545454), to(#444444));
    -ms-filter: "progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#545454,endColorstr=#444444)";
    filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#545454,endColorstr=#444444);
}
 #soulmate .soulmate-type {
    background-color: white;
    color: #333;
    font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
    margin-right: 490px;
    padding: 10px 10px 0 10px;
    text-align: right;
    text-transform: capitalize;
    vertical-align: top;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    -ms-border-radius: 5px;
    -o-border-radius: 5px;
    -khtml-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    zoom: 1;
}
 #soulmate .soulmate-type:before, #soulmate .soulmate-type:after {
    content: "";
    display: table;
}
 #soulmate .soulmate-type:after {
    clear: both;
}

verb.rb

class Verb < ActiveRecord::Base
	after_save :load_into_soulmate
	before_destroy :remove_from_soulmate

        validates_uniqueness_of :name

	private 

	def load_into_soulmate
		loader = Soulmate::Loader.new("verbs")
		loader.add("term" => name, "id" => self.id, "data" => {
			"link" => Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.verb_path(self)
	   	})
	end

	def remove_from_soulmate
		loader = Soulmate::Loader.new("verbs")
	    loader.remove("id" => self.id)
	end
end