React Lookup - Web API Service

DevExtreme provides the DevExtreme.AspNet.Data extension to access an ASP.NET Web API service. This extension consists of two parts: the server-side part implements data processing on the server according to the protocol the Lookup uses; the client-side part creates and configures a CustomStore to access the server from the client. The following code shows how to use the extension's client-side createStore method.

jQuery
JavaScript
$(function() {
    const serviceUrl = "http://url/to/my/service";
    $("#lookupContainer").dxLookup({
        dataSource: DevExpress.data.AspNet.createStore({
            key: "ID",
            loadUrl: serviceUrl + "/GetAction"
        }),
        // ...
    })
});
Angular
HTML
TypeScript
<dx-lookup ...
    [dataSource]="store">
</dx-lookup>
import { DxLookupModule } from "devextreme-angular";
import CustomStore from "devextreme/data/custom_store";
import { createStore } from "devextreme-aspnet-data-nojquery";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    store: CustomStore;
    constructor() {
        const serviceUrl = "http://url/to/my/service";
        this.store = createStore({
            key: "ID",
            loadUrl: serviceUrl + "/GetAction"
        })
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxLookupModule
    ],
    // ...
})
Vue
<template>
    <DxLookup ...
        :data-source="store"
    />
</template>

<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { DxLookup } from 'devextreme-vue/lookup';
import { createStore } from "devextreme-aspnet-data-nojquery";

const serviceUrl = "http://url/to/my/service";

export default {
    components: {
        DxLookup
    },
    data() {
        return {
            store: createStore({
                key: "ID",
                loadUrl: serviceUrl + "/GetAction"
            })
        };
    }
}
</script>
React
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { Lookup } from 'devextreme-react/lookup';
import { createStore } from "devextreme-aspnet-data-nojquery";

const serviceUrl = "http://url/to/my/service";

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.store = createStore({
            key: "ID",
            loadUrl: serviceUrl + "/GetAction"
        });
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <Lookup ...
                dataSource={this.store}
            />
        );
    }
}

export default App;

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