ng g c contact-manager/components/search-auto-complete --no-spec

import { SearchAutoCompleteComponent } from "./components/search-auto-complete/search-auto-complete.component";

@NgModule({
  entryComponents: [
    SearchAutoCompleteComponent
  ]
})
export class ContactManagerModule { }

  <span fxFlex="1 1 auto"></span>
  <button mat-button (click)="openSearchDialog()">
    <mat-icon>search</mat-icon>
  </button>
  <button mat-button [matMenuTriggerFor]="menu">
    <mat-icon>more_vert</mat-icon>
  </button>

@Component()
export class ToolbarComponent {
  constructor(
    private dialog: MatDialog,
    private router: Router) { }

  openSearchDialog() {
    const dialogRef = this.dialog.open(SearchAutoCompleteComponent, { width: "650px" });
    dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe((result: User) => {
      console.log("The SearchAutoComplete dialog was closed", result);
      if (result) {
        this.router.navigate(["/contactmanager", result.id]);
      }
    });
  }
}

namespace MaterialAspNetCoreBackend.WebApp.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class TypeaheadController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IUsersService _usersService;

        public TypeaheadController(IUsersService usersService)
        {
            _usersService = usersService ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(usersService));
        }

        [HttpGet("[action]")]
        public async Task<IActionResult> SearchUsers(string term)
        {
            return Ok(await _usersService.SearchUsersAsync(term));
        }
    }
}

import { HttpClient, HttpErrorResponse } from "@angular/common/http";
import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
import { Observable, throwError } from "rxjs";
import { catchError, map } from "rxjs/operators";

import { User } from "../models/user";

@Injectable({
  providedIn: "root"
})
export class UserService {

  constructor(private http: HttpClient) { }

  searchUsers(term: string): Observable<User[]> {
    return this.http
      .get<User[]>(`/api/Typeahead/SearchUsers?term=${encodeURIComponent(term)}`)
      .pipe(
        map(response => response || []),
        catchError((error: HttpErrorResponse) => throwError(error))
      );
  }
}

<h2 mat-dialog-title>Search</h2>
<mat-dialog-content>
  <div fxLayout="column">
    <mat-form-field class="example-full-width">
      <input matInput placeholder="Choose a user" [matAutocomplete]="auto1" 
                (input)="onSearchChange($event.target.value)">
    </mat-form-field>
    <mat-autocomplete #auto1="matAutocomplete" [displayWith]="displayFn" 
                                 (optionSelected)="onOptionSelected($event)">
      <mat-option *ngIf="isLoading" class="is-loading">
        <mat-spinner diameter="50"></mat-spinner>
      </mat-option>
      <ng-container *ngIf="!isLoading">
        <mat-option *ngFor="let user of filteredUsers" [value]="user">
          <span>{{ user.name }}</span>
          <small> | ID: {{user.id}}</small>
        </mat-option>
      </ng-container>
    </mat-autocomplete>
  </div>
</mat-dialog-content>
<mat-dialog-actions>
  <button mat-button color="primary" (click)="showUser()">
    <mat-icon>search</mat-icon> Show User
  </button>
  <button mat-button color="primary" [mat-dialog-close]="true">
    <mat-icon>cancel</mat-icon> Close
  </button>
</mat-dialog-actions>

import { Component, OnDestroy, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
import { MatAutocompleteSelectedEvent, MatDialogRef } from "@angular/material";
import { Subject, Subscription } from "rxjs";
import { debounceTime, distinctUntilChanged, finalize, switchMap, tap } from "rxjs/operators";

import { User } from "../../models/user";
import { UserService } from "../../services/user.service";

@Component({
  selector: "app-search-auto-complete",
  templateUrl: "./search-auto-complete.component.html",
  styleUrls: ["./search-auto-complete.component.css"]
})
export class SearchAutoCompleteComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {

  private modelChanged: Subject<string> = new Subject<string>();
  private dueTime = 300;
  private modelChangeSubscription: Subscription;
  private selectedUser: User = null;

  filteredUsers: User[] = [];
  isLoading = false;

  constructor(
    private userService: UserService,
    private dialogRef: MatDialogRef<SearchAutoCompleteComponent>) { }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.modelChangeSubscription = this.modelChanged
      .pipe(
        debounceTime(this.dueTime),
        distinctUntilChanged(),
        tap(() => this.isLoading = true),
        switchMap(inputValue =>
          this.userService.searchUsers(inputValue).pipe(
            finalize(() => this.isLoading = false)
          )
        )
      )
      .subscribe(users => {
        this.filteredUsers = users;
      });
  }

  ngOnDestroy() {
    if (this.modelChangeSubscription) {
      this.modelChangeSubscription.unsubscribe();
    }
  }

  onSearchChange(value: string) {
    this.modelChanged.next(value);
  }

  displayFn(user: User) {
    if (user) {
      return user.name;
    }
  }

  onOptionSelected(event: MatAutocompleteSelectedEvent) {
    console.log("Selected user", event.option.value);
    this.selectedUser = event.option.value as User;
  }

  showUser() {
    if (this.selectedUser) {
      this.dialogRef.close(this.selectedUser);
    }
  }
}