use-validation-form

React hook for form input handling and validation

Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
  • Rules
  • Supported Input Types
• API
• Docs
• Changelog
• LICENSE

Install

npm install --save use-validation-form

Usage

import * as React from 'react';
 
import { useValidationForm } from 'use-validation-form';
 
const MyForm = () => {
  const defaultValues = {
    myInput: '',
  };
  const validators = {
    myInput: v => v < 3 && 'Input must be greater than 2 characters!',
  };
 
  const { values, errors, onChange, onSubmit} = useValidationForm({
    defaultValues,
    validators,
    callback: () => { alert('onSubmit called!'); },
  });
 
  return (
    <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
      <input type="text" name="myInput" value={values.myInput} onChange={onChange}>
      {errors.myInput && <span>{errors.myInput}</span>}
 
      <button type="submit">Submit</button>
    </form>
  )
};

Rules

• The input must have a defaultValue.
• The input must have a name which is identical to the corresponding key in defaultValues and validators.
• The input must have a connected value and onChange prop.

Supported Input Types:

Input

<input type="text" name="myInput" value={values.myInput} onChange={onChange} />

Textarea

<textarea name="myTextarea" value={values.myTextarea} onChange={onChange} />

Checkbox

// Use checked instead of value
// defaultValue must be boolean
<input
  type="checkbox"
  name="myCheckbox"
  checked={values.myCheckbox}
  onChange={onChange}
/>

Select

<select name="mySelect" value={values.mySelect} onChange={onChange}>
  <option value="one">One</option>
  <option value="two">Two</option>
  <option value="three">Three</option>
</select>

Multiple Select

// defaultValue must be an array
<select
  multiple
  size="3"
  name="myMultipleSelect"
  value={values.myMultipleSelect}
  onChange={onChange}
>
  <option value="one">One</option>
  <option value="two">Two</option>
  <option value="three">Three</option>
</select>

Radio

// To treat multiple radio buttons as one group each must have the same name
<div>
  <label className="radio">
    <input
      type="radio"
      name="myRadio"
      checked={values.myRadio === 'foo'}
      value="foo"
      onChange={onChange}
    />
    Foo
  </label>
  <label className="radio">
    <input
      type="radio"
      name="myRadio"
      checked={values.myRadio === 'bar'}
      value="bar"
      onChange={onChange}
    />
    Bar
  </label>
</div>

API

const {
  values,
  errors,
  isValid,
  isDirty,
  isSubmitting,
  validateAll,
  onChange,
  onSubmit,
} = useValidationForm({
  defaultValues,
  validators,
  callback,
});

• values Object with current form values. Key is equal to the name of the input. Value is equal to the value of the input.
• errors Object with current thrown errors. Key is equal to the name of the input. Value is equal to the string defined in the validators object.
• isValid Boolean. Is true if there are no errors present.
• isDirty Boolean. Is true as soon as the user starts interacting with any controlled input.
• isSubmitting Boolean. True when submitting (After all inputs were validated). False after the callback was called.
• validateAll Function to validate all inputs at the same time.
• onChange onChange handler which should be passed to the input's onChange (onBlur, etc.) handler.
• onSubmit onSubmit handler which should be passed the the form's onSubmit handler.

// Parameter object
 
type Validator = (value: any) => string | false;
 
export interface Validators {
  [key: string]: Validator;
}
 
export interface DefaultValues {
  [key: string]: any;
}
 
interface Arguments {
  defaultValues: DefaultValues;
  validators?: Validators;
  callback?: () => void;
}

Docs

Read The Docs

Changelog

• v1.0.0: Initial version
  • v1.0.1: Code cleanup

License

MIT

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