Using Django with the django-piston project (link below) enables you to create a very easy web REST-based API. Using the javascript library jQuery and delving

Using Django with the django-piston project (link below) enables you to create a very easy web REST-based API. Using the javascript library jQuery and delving into its copious amount of plugins (autocomplete example link below) would enable you to have a responsive AJAX interface for a text-entry box. You wouldn't need django-piston to get the AJAX aspect of what I mention above to work, but it somewhat simplifies getting results in a JSON format, and allows you to easily add in new API calls at a later date with its familiar format (well, familiar once you get used to it). Links: django-piston: http://bitbucket.org/jespern/django-piston/wiki/Home http://bitbucket.org/jespern/django-piston/wiki/Home jQuery: http://jquery.com/ http://jquery.com/ jQuery autocomplete example: http://www.pengoworks.com/workshop/jquery/autocomplete.htm http://www.pengoworks.com/workshop/jquery/autocomplete.htm AJAX definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming) JSON definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON