Description
Right now you are required to make your own autocomplete endpoint when using a TextType field (as per documentation and in practice).
In many cases all you want is just the data to be stuck into the text field - in my case, it's a company name. So you can reuse the same entity lookup code, just return the same data for the value that is returned for text in this case.
I have a table where I import on daily basis the registry of all active companies for my country, it's used as a dictionary for autocomplete to speed up the lookup and reduce mistakes by users, I can also pre-fill some other fields in the form by doing some JS (like pre-fill company address, registration data, etc), but it also allows entering anything into the field (an international company for example) - I do not need strict entity validation on the backend, nor do I even want to link to that dictionary table - I am creating an actual proper company record from the form that's being filled in.