Pubsub Middle Ground

gistfile1.txt

var search = {

    getResults : function(){
        $.getJSON(
            'http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?format=json&callback=', 
            { q : getQuery(term) }, 
            function(resp) {
              if (!resp.query.results.result.length) { return; }
              search.updateDOM(resp.query.results.result);
            }
          );
    },
    
    updateDOM : function(results){
        var tmpl = '<li><p><a href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a></p></li>',
              html = $.map(results, function(result) {
                return tmpl
                  .replace('{{url}}', result.url)
                  .replace('{{title}}', result.title)
              }).join('');
          $('#results').html(html);
    },
    
    appendSearches : function(term){
        $('#searches').append('<li>' + term + '</li>');
    },
    
    getQuery : function(term){
        return 'select title,url from search.news where query="' + term + '"';
    }

};

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#searchForm').submit(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var term = $.trim($(this).find('input[name="q"]').val());
    if (!term) { return; }
    search.getResults();
    search.appendSearches();
  });
});