Form validation can be pretty complex, so I'm pretty sure you'll end up using a library. As for now, to answer your question, we need to think about form submission flow. Here is a simple example:
- "Pre-submit"
- Set
isSubmitting to true
- Proceed to "Validation"
"Validation"
- Run all field-level validations using
validationRules
- Are there any errors?
- Yes: Abort submission. Set errors, set
isSubmitting to false
- No: Proceed to "Submission"
"Submission"
- Proceed with running your submission handler (i.e.
onSubmit or handleSubmit)
- Set
isSubmitting to false
And some minimal implementation would be something like:
// ...imports
import validateForm from "../helpers/validateForm";
import styles from "./styles";
import validationRules from "./validationRules";
const propTypes = {
onSubmit: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
onSubmitError: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
initialValues: PropTypes.shape({
searchValue: PropTypes.string,
circle: PropTypes.string,
searchCriteria: PropTypes.string
})
};
const defaultProps = {
initialValues: {}
};
class SearchForm extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.validateForm = validateForm.bind(this);
this.state = {
isSubmitting: false,
values: {
searchValue: props.initialValues.searchValue || "",
circle: props.initialValues.circle || "",
searchCriteria: props.initialValues.searchCriteria || ""
},
...this.initialErrorState
};
}
get hasErrors() {
return !!(
this.state.searchValueError ||
this.state.circleError ||
this.state.searchCriteriaError
);
}
get initialErrorState() {
return {
searchValueError: null,
circleError: null,
searchCriteriaError: null
};
}
handleBeforeSubmit = () => {
this.validate(this.onValidationSuccess);
};
validate = (onSuccess = () => {}) => {
this.clearErrors();
this.validateForm(validationRules)
.then(onSuccess)
.catch(this.onValidationError);
};
onValidationSuccess = () => {
this.setState({ isSubmitting: true });
this.props
.onSubmit(this.state.values)
.catch(this.props.onSubmitError)
.finally(() => this.setState({ isSubmitting: false }));
};
onValidationError = errors => {
this.setState({ ...errors });
};
clearErrors = () => {
this.setState({ ...this.initialErrorState });
};
updateFormValue = fieldName => event => {
this.setState(
{
values: { ...this.state.values, [fieldName]: event.target.value }
},
() => this.validate()
);
};
render() {
// ...
}
}
SearchForm.propTypes = propTypes;
SearchForm.defaultProps = defaultProps;
export default withStyles(styles)(SearchForm);
As you can see, if submission flow will grow larger (for example touching inputs, passing errors, etc), the of amount of complexity inside of a component will significantly grow as well. That is why it's more preferable to use a well-maintained library of choice. Formik is my personal preference at the moment.
Feel free to check out updated codesandbox. Hope it helps.