How to populate select list with jQuery?

jQuery Web Development Front End Technology

To populate select list with jQuery, use for loop along with append() and append the options to the already created select.

Let’s say we have the following select with options −

<select id="customerNameList" name="customer">
<option value="John">John</option>
<option value="David">David</option>
</select>

Example

Following is the code to append more number of options using append() −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <title>Document</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<body>
   <select id="customerNameList" name="customer">
      <option value="John">John</option>
      <option value="David">David</option>
   </select>
</body>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
   var data = [
      { "name": "Bob", "customerName": "Bob" },
      { "name": "Mike", "customerName": "Mike" }
   ];
   for (var index = 0; index <= data.length; index++) {
      $('#customerNameList').append('<option value="' + data[index].name + '">' + data[index].customerName + '</option>');
   }
});
</script>
</html>

To run the above program, save the file name anyName.html (index.html). Right click on the file and select the option “Open with Live Server” in VS Code editor.