@hookstapose/use-form-validation v1.0.1

useFormValidation

This hook lets you set rules for every input in your form and validate onChange and on form submit, also you can setup a callback when a field success validating or when it does not validate correctly.

Installation

Install with yarn:

yarn add @react-hook-utils/use-form-validation

Install with npm:

npm install @react-hook-utils/use-form-validation

API

import {useFormValidation} from '@react-hook-utils/use-form-validation'

const {form, fields, resetFields, manuallySetField} = useFormValidation(options)

options: Object containing hook configuration

• form: Object form options
• • onSubmit: Function submit callback when all fields success
• fields: (Required) Object fields configuration
• • inputName: Object inputName field configuration
• • • value: String input initial value
• • • rules: (Required) Function[] input rules
• • • • (value: String) => void Function input rule, it must throw an error with the error message when the value is wrong
• • • onSuccess: Function input callback on successful validation
• • • onError: Function input callback on erroneous validation
• • • isRequired: Boolean indicates if the field is required to submit the form

hook return: Object containing hook return

• form: Object form props to spread
• • noValidate: true disables form validate api
• • onSubmit: Function form's submit function
• fields: Object inputs properties and status
• • inputName: Object
• • • input: Object inputName props
• • • • onChange: Function inputName onChange function
• • • • value: String current inputName value
• • • info: Object `inputName
• • • • status: 'standard' | 'success' | 'error' input validation status
• • • • message: string input error message
• resetFields: Function resets all fields values to ''
• manuallySetField: (inputName: String, value: String) => void sets the inputName value

Usage

import React from 'react'
import {useFormValidation} from '@react-hook-utils/use-form-validation'

function shouldContainLowerZ(value) {
    if (value.indexOf('z') !== -1) return
    throw new Error('The field must contain a Z letter')
}

function fieldLength(length) {
    return (value) => {
        if (value.length >= length) return
        throw new Error(`The field must have a length of ${length}`)
    }
}

function Example() {

    const userNameLength = fieldLength(10)
    const passwordLength = fieldLength(8)

    const {form, fields} = useFormValidation({
        fields: {
            username: {
                isRequired: true,
                rules: [
                    shouldContainLowerZ,
                    usernameLength
                ]
            },
            password: {
                isRequired: true,
                rules: [
                    passwordLength
                ]
            }
        }
    })

    const usernameField = fields['username']
    const passwordField = fields['password']

    return (
        <form {...form}>
            <label htmlFor='username'>Username</label>
            <input name='username' id='username' {...usernameField.input}/>
            {usernameField.info.message && <p>{usernameField.info.message}</p>}
            <label htmlFor='password'>Password</label>
            <input name='password' id='password' {...passwordField.input}/>
            {passwordField.info.message && <p>{passwordField.info.message}</p>}
            <button type='submit'>Login</button>
        </form>
    )
}