Can I do async form validation in Play Framework 2.x (Scala)?

Question

I\'m making a real push to understand the async powers of Play but finding a lot of conflict with regard to places where async invocation fits and places where the framework see

Answer 1

I've seen on theguardian's GH repo how they handle this case scenario in a asynchronous way while still having the support of the form error helpers from play. From a quick look, seems like they are storing the form errors in an encrypted cookie in a way as to display those errors back to the user the next time the user goes to the login page.

Extracted from: https://github.com/guardian/facia-tool/blob/9ec455804edbd104861117d477de9a0565776767/identity/app/controllers/ReauthenticationController.scala

def processForm = authenticatedActions.authActionWithUser.async { implicit request =>
  val idRequest = idRequestParser(request)
  val boundForm = formWithConstraints.bindFromRequest
  val verifiedReturnUrlAsOpt = returnUrlVerifier.getVerifiedReturnUrl(request)

  def onError(formWithErrors: Form[String]): Future[Result] = {
    logger.info("Invalid reauthentication form submission")
    Future.successful {
      redirectToSigninPage(formWithErrors, verifiedReturnUrlAsOpt)
    }
  }

  def onSuccess(password: String): Future[Result] = {
      logger.trace("reauthenticating with ID API")
      val persistent = request.user.auth match {
        case ScGuU(_, v) => v.isPersistent
        case _ => false
      }
      val auth = EmailPassword(request.user.primaryEmailAddress, password, idRequest.clientIp)
      val authResponse = api.authBrowser(auth, idRequest.trackingData, Some(persistent))

      signInService.getCookies(authResponse, persistent) map {
        case Left(errors) =>
          logger.error(errors.toString())
          logger.info(s"Reauthentication failed for user, ${errors.toString()}")
          val formWithErrors = errors.foldLeft(boundForm) { (formFold, error) =>
            val errorMessage =
              if ("Invalid email or password" == error.message) Messages("error.login")
              else error.description
            formFold.withError(error.context.getOrElse(""), errorMessage)
          }

          redirectToSigninPage(formWithErrors, verifiedReturnUrlAsOpt)

        case Right(responseCookies) =>
          logger.trace("Logging user in")
          SeeOther(verifiedReturnUrlAsOpt.getOrElse(returnUrlVerifier.defaultReturnUrl))
            .withCookies(responseCookies:_*)
      }
  }

  boundForm.fold[Future[Result]](onError, onSuccess)
}

def redirectToSigninPage(formWithErrors: Form[String], returnUrl: Option[String]): Result = {
  NoCache(SeeOther(routes.ReauthenticationController.renderForm(returnUrl).url).flashing(clearPassword(formWithErrors).toFlash))
}