HTML/[removed] Simple form validation on submit

Question

I\'m trying to validate my form with the easiest way possible, but somehow it is not working and when I click submit it just takes me to the next page without giving the ale

Answer 1

Disclosure: I wrote FieldVal.

Here is a solution using FieldVal. By using FieldVal UI to build a form and then FieldVal to validate the input, you can pass the error straight back into the form.

You can even run the validation code on the backend (if you're using Node.js) and show the error in the form without wiring all of the fields up manually.

Live demo: http://codepen.io/MarcusLongmuir/pen/WbOydx

function validate_form(data) {
    // This would work on the back end too (if you're using Node)

    // Validate the provided data
    var validator = new FieldVal(data);
    validator.get("email", BasicVal.email(true));
    validator.get("title", BasicVal.string(true));
    validator.get("url", BasicVal.url(true));
    return validator.end();
}


$(document).ready(function(){

    // Create a form and add some fields
    var form = new FVForm()
    .add_field("email", new FVTextField("Email"))
    .add_field("title", new FVTextField("Title"))
    .add_field("url", new FVTextField("URL"))
    .on_submit(function(value){

        // Clear the existing errors
        form.clear_errors();

        // Use the function above to validate the input
        var error = validate_form(value);

        if (error) {
            // Pass the error into the form
            form.error(error);
        } else {
            // Use the data here
            alert(JSON.stringify(value));
        }
    })

    form.element.append(
        $("").text("Submit")
    ).appendTo("body");

    //Pre-populate the form
    form.val({
        "email": "user@example.com",
        "title": "Your Title",
        "url": "http://www.example.com"
    })
});