Create a Contact Record With Re-Usable Dynamic Custom Lookup Field in Lightning Web Component - LWC | Create contact record with custom lookup in lwc

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Files we used in this post example:-

lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.html	Lightning Web Component HTML	Template HTML file used to write HTML element for build user interface.
lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.js	Lightning Web Component JavaScript	It is hold First Name, Last Name, Phone , Email and Submit button click functionality.
lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.js-meta.xml	XML Meta File	It is used for where this lightning web component should be exposed.
lwcAccountCustomLookup.html	Lightning Web Component HTML	It is Templae HTML file and hold a Account Search Lookup Field.
lwcAccountCustomLookup.js	Lightning Web Component JavaScript	It is hold Search function and fetch the account name value from database server.
lwcAccountCustomLookup.js-meta.xml	XML Meta File	It is used for where this lightning web component should be exposed
lwcApexController.cls	Apex Controller	It is used for Insert a Contact Record with Custom Lookup Field into database sserver

Don’t forget to check out:- Creating Record in Contact Object and Redirecting to Detail Page uses of @salesforce/schema/Contact in Salesforce LWC Click Here For More Information

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Step 1:- Create Lightning Web Component : lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.html

SFDX:Lightning Web Component >> New >> lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.html

lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.html [Lightning Web Component HTML]

```
  <template>
```

    <lightning-card title="Create custom lookup on contact object" icon-name="standard:contact">

        <div class="slds-p-horizontal_small">

            <lightning-input label="First Name" value={firstname} onchange={contactHandleChange} class="slds-m-bottom_x-small slds-p-horizontal_small slds-form-element"></lightning-input>

            <lightning-input label="Last Name" value={lastname} onchange={contactHandleChange} class="slds-m-bottom_x-small slds-p-horizontal_small slds-form-element"></lightning-input>

            <lightning-input label="Phone" value={phone} onchange={contactHandleChange} class="slds-m-bottom_x-small slds-p-horizontal_small slds-form-element"></lightning-input>

            <lightning-input label="Email" value={email} onchange={contactHandleChange} class="slds-m-bottom_x-small slds-p-horizontal_small slds-form-element"></lightning-input>

```
 
```

            <c-lwc-account-custom-lookup onselected={myLookupHandle}></c-lwc-account-custom-lookup><br/>

            <lightning-button label="Submit" variant="brand" onclick={createLookupContactAction} class="slds-m-bottom_x-small slds-p-horizontal_small slds-form-element"></lightning-button>

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        </div>
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Step 2:- Create Lightning Web Component : lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.js

SFDX:Lightning Web Component >> New >> lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.js

lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.js [LWC JavaScript File]

  import { LightningElement, track } from 'lwc';

import { createRecord } from 'lightning/uiRecordApi';

import { ShowToastEvent } from 'lightning/platformShowToastEvent';

import { NavigationMixin } from 'lightning/navigation';

import CONTACT_OBJECT from '@salesforce/schema/Contact';

import contactFirstName from '@salesforce/schema/Contact.FirstName';

import contactLastName from '@salesforce/schema/Contact.LastName';

import contactPhone from '@salesforce/schema/Contact.Phone';

import contactEmail from '@salesforce/schema/Contact.Email';

import accountFieldId from '@salesforce/schema/Contact.AccountId';

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export default class LwcCreateContactCustomLookup extends NavigationMixin(LightningElement) {

```
    @track selectedAccountId;
```
```
    @track contactId;    
```
```
    firstname = '';   
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```
    lastname = '';  
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```
    phoneNo = '';
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```
    emailId = '';
```
```
    contactHandleChange(event) {
```

        console.log(event.target.label);

        console.log(event.target.value);

        if(event.target.label=='First Name'){

            this.firstname = event.target.value;

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        }
```

        if(event.target.label=='Last Name'){

            this.lastname = event.target.value;

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        }   
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```

        if(event.target.label=='Phone'){

            this.phoneNo = event.target.value;

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        }
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        if(event.target.label=='Email'){

            this.emailId = event.target.value;

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        }
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    }
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    createLookupContactAction(){
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        console.log(this.selectedAccountId);

```
        const fields = {};
```

        fields[contactFirstName.fieldApiName] = this.firstname;

        fields[contactLastName.fieldApiName] = this.lastname;

        fields[contactPhone.fieldApiName] = this.phoneNo;

        fields[contactEmail.fieldApiName] = this.emailId;

```
 
```

        fields[accountFieldId.fieldApiName] = this.selectedAccountId;

        const recordInput = { apiName: CONTACT_OBJECT.objectApiName, fields };

```
        createRecord(recordInput)
```
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            .then(contactobj=> {
```

                this.contactId = contactobj.id;

```
                this.fields={};
```
```
                this.dispatchEvent(
```

                    new ShowToastEvent({

                        title: 'Success',

                        message: 'Contact created successfully..!',

                        variant: 'success',

```
                    }),
```
```
                );
```

                this[NavigationMixin.Navigate]({

                    type: 'standard__recordPage',

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                    attributes: {
```

                        recordId: contactobj.id,

                        objectApiName: 'Contact',

                        actionName: 'view'

```
                    },
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                });
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            })
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            .catch(error => {
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```
                this.dispatchEvent(
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                    new ShowToastEvent({

                        title: 'Error creating record',

                        message: error.body.message,

                        variant: 'error',

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                    }),
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```
                );
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            });
```
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    }
```
```
    myLookupHandle(event){
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```
        console.log(event.detail);
```

        this.selectedAccountId = event.detail;

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    }
```
```
}
```

Step 3:- Create Lightning Web Component : lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.js-meta.xml

SFDX:Lightning Web Component >> New >> lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.js-meta.xml

lwcCreateContactCustomLookup.js-meta.xml [LWC Meta Data XML]

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<LightningComponentBundle xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">

```
    <apiVersion>45.0</apiVersion>
```
```
    <isExposed>true</isExposed>
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```
    <targets>
```

        <target>lightning__AppPage</target>

        <target>lightning__RecordPage</target>

        <target>lightning__HomePage</target>

```
      </targets>
```
```
</LightningComponentBundle>
```

Step 4:- Create Lightning Web Component : lwcAccountCustomLookup.html

SFDX:Lightning Web Component >> New >> lwcAccountCustomLookup.html

lwcAccountCustomLookup.html [Lightning Web Component HTML]

```
  <template>
```
```
    <lightning-card>
```

        <div class="slds-p-horizontal_small">

```
            <div class="row">
```

                <div class="slds-form-element">

                    <div class="slds-form-element__control">

                        <div class="slds-combobox_container">

                            <div class="slds-combobox slds-dropdown-trigger slds-dropdown-trigger_click" aria-expanded="false"

                                aria-haspopup="listbox" role="combobox">

                                <div class="slds-combobox__form-element slds-input-has-icon slds-input-has-icon_right"

                                    role="none">

                                    <lightning-input type="search" id="combobox-id-16" value={accountName}

                                        onchange={searchHandleKeyChange} onkeydown={searchHandleClick} onclick={searchHandleClick}

                                        onblur={searchHandleClick} aria-activedescendant="option1" label='Account'

                                        aria-autocomplete="list" aria-controls="listbox-id-12" role="textbox"

                                        placeholder="Search..."></lightning-input>

```
                                </div>
```

                                <!-- Start : Parent Search Result -->

                                <div if:true={messageResult}>

                                    No Result Found!

```
                                </div>
```

                                <template if:true={showSearchedValues}>

                                    <div class="slds-box" style="height: 130px; overflow-y: scroll;">

                                        <ul class="" role="">

                                            <template for:each={accountList} for:item="actObj">

                                                <li class="slds-p-around_x-small" style="cursor: pointer;" key={actObj.Id}

                                                    onclick={parentHandleAction} data-value={actObj.Id}

                                                    data-label={actObj.Name}>

                                                    {actObj.Name}

                                                </li>

                                            </template>

                                        </ul>

                                    </div>

                                </template>

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                            </div>
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                        </div>
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                    </div>
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                </div>
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            </div>
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        </div>
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        </lightning-card>  
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</template>
```

Step 5:- Create Lightning Web Component : lwcAccountCustomLookup.js

SFDX:Lightning Web Component >> New >> lwcAccountCustomLookup.js

lwcAccountCustomLookup.js [LWC JavaScript File]

   import { LightningElement, track, wire } from 'lwc';

import getCustomLookupAccount from '@salesforce/apex/lwcApexController.getCustomLookupAccount';

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```

export default class LwcAccountCustomLookup extends LightningElement {

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```
```
 @track accountName='';
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 @track accountList=[];
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 @track objectApiName='Account';
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 @track accountId;
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 @track isShow=false;
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```
 @track messageResult=false;
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```
 @track isShowResult = true;
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```
 @track showSearchedValues = false;
```

 @wire(getCustomLookupAccount,{actName:'$accountName'})

```
 retrieveAccounts ({error,data}){
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```
     this.messageResult=false;
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```
     if(data){
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         console.log('data## ' + data.length);

         if(data.length>0 && this.isShowResult){

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            this.accountList =data;
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            this.showSearchedValues=true;

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            this.messageResult=false;
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         }
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         else if(data.length == 0){
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            this.accountList=[];
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            this.showSearchedValues=false;

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            if(this.accountName != ''){
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               this.messageResult=true;
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            }
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         }
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         else if(error){
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             this.accountId='';
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             this.accountName='';
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             this.accountList=[];
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             this.showSearchedValues=false;

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             this.messageResult=true;
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         }
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     }
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 }
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 searchHandleClick(event){
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  this.isShowResult = true;
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  this.messageResult = false;
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}
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searchHandleKeyChange(event){
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  this.messageResult=false;
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  this.accountName = event.target.value;

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}
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parentHandleAction(event){        
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    this.showSearchedValues = false;
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    this.isShowResult = false;
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    this.messageResult=false;
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    //Set the parent calendar id
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    this.accountId =  event.target.dataset.value;

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    //Set the parent calendar label
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    this.accountName =  event.target.dataset.label;

    console.log('accountId::'+this.accountId);

    const selectedEvent = new CustomEvent('selected', { detail: this.accountId });

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        // Dispatches the event.
```

    this.dispatchEvent(selectedEvent);

```
}
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}
```

Step 6:- Create Lightning Web Component : lwcAccountCustomLookup.js-meta.xml

SFDX:Lightning Web Component >> New >> lwcAccountCustomLookup.js-meta.xml

lwcAccountCustomLookup.js-meta.xml [LWC Meta Data XML]

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<LightningComponentBundle xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">

```
    <apiVersion>45.0</apiVersion>
```
```
    <isExposed>true</isExposed>
```
```
    <targets>
```

        <target>lightning__AppPage</target>

        <target>lightning__RecordPage</target>

        <target>lightning__HomePage</target>

```
      </targets>
```
```
</LightningComponentBundle>
```

Step 7:- Create Lightning Web Component : lwcApexController.cls

SFDX:Create Apex Class >> New >> lwcApexController.cls

lwcApexController.cls[Apex Class Controller]

  public WITH sharing class lwcApexController {

```
 
```
```
    //custom lookup lwc
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```
@AuraEnabled(cacheable=TRUE)
```

public static List<Account> getCustomLookupAccount (String actName){

   List<Account> accLookupList =  NEW List<Account>();

```
   IF(actName != ''){
```

       String accountName = '%' + actName + '%';

       accLookupList = [SELECT Id, Name FROM Account WHERE Name LIKE:accountName];

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       RETURN accLookupList;
```
```
   }
```
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   RETURN accLookupList;
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}   
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}
```

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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

How do you display a lookup field in lightning Web component?

Use the lightning-input-field component in lightning-record-edit-form to display and edit the value of a record field of a Salesforce object. Use the field-name attribute to specify the API field name.

What is custom lookup in Salesforce?

Creates a relationship between two records so you can associate them with each other. On the parent record, you can display a related list to show all of the records that are linked to it.

On which object is the lookup relationship created?

Lookup relationship always created on Chld Object. It is a one type of relationship which form loose bond relationship between Parent object and Child object. In lookup Child record need not be associated to a parent. Lookup field is not required on the page layouts of the detail object.

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Create a Contact Record With Re-Usable Dynamic Custom Lookup Field in Lightning Web Component – LWC | Create contact record with custom lookup in lwc