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Python: How to use JavaScript in Flask to create dynamic updated page without reloading to display suggestions.

app.py

from flask import Flask, render_template, request
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup


app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route('/')
def index():
    return render_template('index.html')


@app.route('/suggestions')
def suggestions():
    text = request.args.get('jsdata')

    suggestions_list = []

    if text:
        r = requests.get('http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?output=toolbar&hl=ru&q={}&gl=in'.format(text))

        soup = BeautifulSoup(r.content, 'lxml')

        suggestions = soup.find_all('suggestion')

        for suggestion in suggestions:
            suggestions_list.append(suggestion.attrs['data'])

        #print(suggestions_list)

    return render_template('suggestions.html', suggestions=suggestions_list)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>
    <title>Suggestions</title>
</head>

<body>

Search: <input type="text" id="search_form_input"></input>

<div id="place_for_suggestions"></div>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script>
$("#search_form_input").keyup(function(){
    var text = $(this).val();

    $.ajax({
      url: "/suggestions",
      type: "get",
      data: {jsdata: text},
      success: function(response) {
        $("#place_for_suggestions").html(response);
      },
      error: function(xhr) {
        //Do Something to handle error
      }
    });
});
</script>

suggestion.html

<label id="value_lable">
    {% for suggestion in suggestions %}
        {{ suggestion }}<br>
    {% endfor %}
</label>

Notes:

Stackoverflow Flask Dynamic data update without reload page

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