Autocomplete selected item value need to pass to server

Autocomplete selected item value need to pass to server

Hello, I am using autocomplete for searching by agent name. Everything working fine. What I am looking is, once user selects a name and finally submits the page; I need to send selected agent id to the server. Just like drop-down feature. Could someone send me a sample?

 

response( $.map( data, function( item ) {

      return {

      label: item.fname + ", " + item.lname +" "+ item.middle,

      value: item.fname + ", " + item.lname +" "+ item.middle

                                                      }

}));

 

Thank you!