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Component based form handling React
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import './home.css';
const FIELDS = [
{name: 'name', type: 'text', validationRule: 'text', isRequired: true},
{name: 'lastname', type: 'text', validationRule: 'text', isRequired: true},
{name: 'dob', type: 'date', validationRule: 'date'},
{name: 'email', type: 'text', validationRule: 'email'},
{name: 'gender', type: 'radio', validationRule: 'gender', values: ['F', 'M']},
];
class Home extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {errors: []};
}
onFieldChange = (event) => {
const target = event.target;
const {name, value} = target;
this.setState(
{
[name]: value,
});
};
onSubmit = (event) => {
event.preventDefault();
const errors = FIELDS.map((field) => {
const value = this.state[field.name];
if (field.isRequired && !value) {
return field.name;
}
const error = !this.validate(field.validationRule, value);
if (error) {
return field.name;
}
return null;
}).filter((error) => !!error);
if (errors.length) {
this.setState({errors});
} else {
this.setState({errors: []});
// SUBMIT ALL THE THINGS
console.log('SUBMIT');
}
};
validate = (type, value) => {
switch (type) {
case 'email':
const condition = /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/;
return condition.test(value);
case 'date':
// Make a valid date validation
break;
default:
return true;
}
};
render() {
return (
<div className='app'>
<form onSubmit={this.onSubmit}>
{FIELDS.map((field) => {
switch (field.type) {
case 'radio':
return field.values.map((value) => (
<span key={value}>
<input type={field.type} name={field.gender} value={value} onChange={this.onFieldChange} /> {value}
</span>
));
case 'text':
case 'email':
default:
return <input key={field.name} type={field.type} name={field.name} placeholder={field.name} onChange={this.onFieldChange} />;
}
})}
{this.state.errors.length && <p>This is what you did wrong:</p>}
{this.state.errors.map((error) => <p key={error}>{error}</p>)}
<input type='submit' value='Submit all the things' />
</form>
</div>
);
}
}
export default Home;
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