How to properly validate input values with React.JS?

Question

I have a simple form. All of the components and state are held in the Page component. There are 2 display headers and 3 input fields. The first input is supposed to be text,

Answer 1

Your jsfiddle does not work anymore. I've fixed it: http://jsfiddle.net/tkrotoff/bgC6E/40/ using React 16 and ES6 classes.

class Adaptive_Input extends React.Component {
  handle_change(e) {
    var new_text = e.currentTarget.value;
    this.props.on_Input_Change(new_text);
  }

  render() {
    return (
      

        
        
      
    );
  }
}

class Form extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return (
      

        

        

        
      
    );
  }
}

class Page extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.state = {
      Name: 'No Name',
      Value_1: '0',
      Value_2: '0',
      Display_Value: '0'
    };
  }

  handle_text_input(new_text) {
    this.setState({
      Name: new_text
    });
  }

  handle_value_1_input(new_value) {
    new_value = parseInt(new_value);
    var updated_display = new_value + parseInt(this.state.Value_2);
    updated_display = updated_display.toString();
    this.setState({
      Value_1: new_value,
      Display_Value: updated_display
    });
  }

  handle_value_2_input(new_value) {
    new_value = parseInt(new_value);
    var updated_display = parseInt(this.state.Value_1) + new_value;
    updated_display = updated_display.toString();
    this.setState({
      Value_2: new_value,
      Display_Value: updated_display
    });
  }

  render() {
    return(
      

        
{this.state.Name}
        
Value 1 + Value 2 = {this.state.Display_Value}
        

      
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(, document.getElementById('app'));

And now the same code hacked with form validation thanks to this library: https://github.com/tkrotoff/react-form-with-constraints => http://jsfiddle.net/tkrotoff/k4qa4heg/

const { FormWithConstraints, FieldFeedbacks, FieldFeedback } = ReactFormWithConstraints;

class Adaptive_Input extends React.Component {
  static contextTypes = {
    form: PropTypes.object.isRequired
  };

  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.state = {
      field: undefined
    };

    this.fieldWillValidate = this.fieldWillValidate.bind(this);
    this.fieldDidValidate = this.fieldDidValidate.bind(this);
  }

  componentWillMount() {
    this.context.form.addFieldWillValidateEventListener(this.fieldWillValidate);
    this.context.form.addFieldDidValidateEventListener(this.fieldDidValidate);
  }

  componentWillUnmount() {
    this.context.form.removeFieldWillValidateEventListener(this.fieldWillValidate);
    this.context.form.removeFieldDidValidateEventListener(this.fieldDidValidate);
  }

  fieldWillValidate(fieldName) {
    if (fieldName === this.props.name) this.setState({field: undefined});
  }

  fieldDidValidate(field) {
    if (field.name === this.props.name) this.setState({field});
  }

  handle_change(e) {
    var new_text = e.currentTarget.value;
    this.props.on_Input_Change(e, new_text);
  }

  render() {
    const { field } = this.state;
    let className = 'adaptive_placeholder_input_container';
    if (field !== undefined) {
      if (field.hasErrors()) className += ' error';
      if (field.hasWarnings()) className += ' warning';
    }

    return (
      

        
        
      
    );
  }
}

class Form extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.state = {
      Name: 'No Name',
      Value_1: '0',
      Value_2: '0',
      Display_Value: '0'
    };
  }

  handle_text_input(e, new_text) {
    this.form.validateFields(e.currentTarget);

    this.setState({
      Name: new_text
    });
  }

  handle_value_1_input(e, new_value) {
    this.form.validateFields(e.currentTarget);

    if (this.form.isValid()) {
      new_value = parseInt(new_value);
      var updated_display = new_value + parseInt(this.state.Value_2);
      updated_display = updated_display.toString();
      this.setState({
        Value_1: new_value,
        Display_Value: updated_display
      });
    }
    else {
      this.setState({
        Display_Value: 'Error'
      });
    }
  }

  handle_value_2_input(e, new_value) {
    this.form.validateFields(e.currentTarget);

    if (this.form.isValid()) {
      new_value = parseInt(new_value);
      var updated_display = parseInt(this.state.Value_1) + new_value;
      updated_display = updated_display.toString();
      this.setState({
        Value_2: new_value,
        Display_Value: updated_display
      });
    }
    else {
      this.setState({
        Display_Value: 'Error'
      });
    }
  }

  render() {
    return(
      

        
Name: {this.state.Name}
        
Value 1 + Value 2 = {this.state.Display_Value}

         this.form = form} noValidate>
          
          
            
             !/^\w+$/.test(value)} warning>Should only contain alphanumeric characters
          

          
          
            
          

          
          
            
          
        
      
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(, document.getElementById('app'));

The proposed solution here is hackish as I've tried to keep it close to the original jsfiddle. For proper form validation with react-form-with-constraints, check https://github.com/tkrotoff/react-form-with-constraints#examples