Reactjs - Form input validation

Question

My Contact page form is as follows,

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Answer 1

import React from 'react';
import {sendFormData} from '../services/';

class Signup extends React.Component{
  constructor(props){
    super(props);
     this.state = {
       isDisabled:true
     }                                                                                                 
     this.submitForm = this.submitForm.bind(this);
  }
  validateEmail(email){
   const pattern = /[a-zA-Z0-9]+[\.]?([a-zA-Z0-9]+)?[\@][a-z]{3,9}[\.][a-z]{2,5}/g;
   const result = pattern.test(email);
   if(result===true){
     this.setState({
       emailError:false,
       email:email
     })
   } else{
     this.setState({
       emailError:true
     })
   }
 }
 handleChange(e){
  const target = e.target;
  const value = target.type === 'checkbox' ? target.checked : target.value;
  const name = target.name;
  this.setState({
    [name]: value
  });
  if(e.target.name==='firstname'){
    if(e.target.value==='' || e.target.value===null ){
      this.setState({
        firstnameError:true
      })
    } else {
      this.setState({
        firstnameError:false,     
        firstName:e.target.value
      })
    }
  }
  if(e.target.name==='lastname'){
    if(e.target.value==='' || e.target.value===null){
      this.setState({
        lastnameError:true
      })
    } else {
      this.setState({
        lastnameError:false,
        lastName:e.target.value
      })
    }
  }
  if(e.target.name==='email'){
   this.validateEmail(e.target.value);
  }
  if(e.target.name==='password'){
    if(e.target.value==='' || e.target.value===null){
      this.setState({
        passwordError:true
      })
    } else {
      this.setState({
        passwordError:false,
        password:e.target.value
      })
    }
 }
 if(this.state.firstnameError===false && this.state.lastnameError===false && 
  this.state.emailError===false && this.state.passwordError===false){
    this.setState({
      isDisabled:false
    })
 }
}
submitForm(e){
  e.preventDefault();
  const data = {
   firstName: this.state.firstName,
   lastName: this.state.lastName,
   email: this.state.email,
   password: this.state.password
  }
  sendFormData(data).then(res=>{
    if(res.status===200){
      alert(res.data);
      this.props.history.push('/');
    }else{

    } 
  });
 }
render(){
return(
  <div className="container">
    <div className="card card-login mx-auto mt-5">
      <div className="card-header">Register here</div>
        <div className="card-body">
            <form id="signup-form">
              <div className="form-group">
                <div className="form-label-group">
                  <input type="text" id="firstname" name="firstname" className="form-control" placeholder="Enter firstname" onChange={(e)=>{this.handleChange(e)}} />
                  <label htmlFor="firstname">firstname</label>
                  {this.state.firstnameError ? <span style={{color: "red"}}>Please Enter some value</span> : ''} 
                </div>
              </div>
              <div className="form-group">
                <div className="form-label-group">
                  <input type="text" id="lastname" name="lastname" className="form-control" placeholder="Enter lastname" onChange={(e)=>{this.handleChange(e)}} />
                  <label htmlFor="lastname">lastname</label>
                  {this.state.lastnameError ? <span style={{color: "red"}}>Please Enter some value</span> : ''}
                </div>
              </div>
              <div className="form-group">
                <div className="form-label-group">
                  <input type="email" id="email" name="email" className="form-control" placeholder="Enter your email" onChange={(e)=>{this.handleChange(e)}} />
                  <label htmlFor="email">email</label>
                  {this.state.emailError ? <span style={{color: "red"}}>Please Enter valid email address</span> : ''}
                </div>
              </div>                
              <div className="form-group">
                <div className="form-label-group">
                  <input type="password" id="password" name="password" className="form-control" placeholder="Password" onChange={(e)=>{this.handleChange(e)}} />
                  <label htmlFor="password">Password</label>
                  {this.state.passwordError ? <span style={{color: "red"}}>Please enter some   value</span> : ''}
                </div>
              </div>                
              <button className="btn btn-primary btn-block" disabled={this.state.isDisabled} onClick={this.submitForm}>Signup</button>
            </form>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
 }
}
export default Signup;

Answer 2

Cleaner way is to use joi-browser package. In the state you should have errors object that includes all the errors in the form. Initially it shoud be set to an empty object. Create schema;

import Joi from "joi-browser";
schema = {
    username: Joi.string()
      .required()
      .label("Username")
      .email(),
    password: Joi.string()
      .required()
      .label("Password")
      .min(8)
      .regex(/^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[^a-zA-Z0-9]).{8,1024}$/) //special/number/capital
   };

Then validate the form with the schema:

validate = () => {
    const options = { abortEarly: false };
    const result = Joi.validate(this.state.data, this.schema, options);
    console.log(data) // always analyze your data
    if (!result.error) return null; 
    const errors = {};
    for (let item of result.error.details) errors[item.path[0]] = item.message; //in details array, there are 2 properties,path and message.path is the name of the input, message is the error message for that input.
    return errors;
  };

Before submitting the form, check the form:

handleSubmit = e => {
    e.preventDefault();
    const errors = this.validate(); //will return an object
    console.log(errors);
    this.setState({ errors: errors || {} }); //in line 9 if we return {}, we dont need {} here
    if (errors) return;
    //so we dont need to call the server
    alert("success");
    //if there is no error call the server
    this.dosubmit();
  };

Answer 3

I've taken your code and adapted it with library react-form-with-constraints: https://codepen.io/tkrotoff/pen/LLraZp

const {
  FormWithConstraints,
  FieldFeedbacks,
  FieldFeedback
} = ReactFormWithConstraints;

class Form extends React.Component {
  handleChange = e => {
    this.form.validateFields(e.target);
  }

  contactSubmit = e => {
    e.preventDefault();

    this.form.validateFields();

    if (!this.form.isValid()) {
      console.log('form is invalid: do not submit');
    } else {
      console.log('form is valid: submit');
    }
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <FormWithConstraints
        ref={form => this.form = form}
        onSubmit={this.contactSubmit}
        noValidate>

        <div className="col-md-6">
          <input name="name" size="30" placeholder="Name"
                 required onChange={this.handleChange}
                 className="form-control" />
          <FieldFeedbacks for="name">
            <FieldFeedback when="*" />
          </FieldFeedbacks>

          <input type="email" name="email" size="30" placeholder="Email"
                 required onChange={this.handleChange}
                 className="form-control" />
          <FieldFeedbacks for="email">
            <FieldFeedback when="*" />
          </FieldFeedbacks>

          <input name="phone" size="30" placeholder="Phone"
                 required onChange={this.handleChange}
                 className="form-control" />
          <FieldFeedbacks for="phone">
            <FieldFeedback when="*" />
          </FieldFeedbacks>

          <input name="address" size="30" placeholder="Address"
                 required onChange={this.handleChange}
                 className="form-control" />
          <FieldFeedbacks for="address">
            <FieldFeedback when="*" />
          </FieldFeedbacks>
        </div>

        <div className="col-md-6">
          <textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="20" placeholder="Message"
                    required minLength={5} maxLength={50}
                    onChange={this.handleChange}
                    className="form-control" />
          <FieldFeedbacks for="comments">
            <FieldFeedback when="*" />
          </FieldFeedbacks>
        </div>

        <div className="col-md-12">
          <button className="btn btn-lg btn-primary">Send Message</button>
        </div>
      </FormWithConstraints>
    );
  }
}

Screenshot:

This is a quick hack. For a proper demo, check https://github.com/tkrotoff/react-form-with-constraints#examples