streamlit_autocomplete

A simple Python package for adding autocomplete functionality to a Streamlit app’s st.text_area, using streamlit-textcomplete.

Features

• Fast, case‑insensitive autocomplete as you type
• Works with any list of strings (cities, stock names, etc.)
• Clean, minimal API for Streamlit

Installation

pip install streamlit-autocomplete

Note: streamlit and streamlit-textcomplete are installed automatically as dependencies.

Usage

import streamlit as st
from streamlit_autocomplete import st_textcomplete_autocomplete

# Autocomplete options
city_names = [
    "New York", "London", "Paris", "Berlin", "Tokyo", "Mumbai",
    # ...more
]

query = st_textcomplete_autocomplete(
    label="Enter city or metric",
    options=city_names,
    key="city_autocomplete",
    help="Start typing a city name"
)

st.write("You typed:", query)

API

Returns: str – the current typed/autocompleted string.

License

MIT License

Credits

• streamlit-textcomplete