Angular-Validator is an easy to use, powerful and lightweight AngularJS validation directive.
- Validate using REGEX, required, or custom validation functions
- Configure when to validate elements Choose between on form submit,
blur
ordirty
(change). - Prevents submission if the form is invalid
- Built in reset form method
- Adds validation error/success messages as sibling elements
- Adds
.has-error
classes to invalid elements - Adds
.has-error
classes to validation message - Supports multi-field dependent validation (one field depends on another such as password matching)
- Works with or without
novalidate
- Works with Bootstrap out of the box (although Bootstrap is not required)
Despite Angular's awesomeness, validation in Angular is still a pain in the ass. Surprisingly there are no seamless, user-friendly, well written Angular validation tools. Unlike other Angular validation tools, Angular-Validator works with out-of-the-box Angular and HTML5 validation, directives and attributes, allowing your forms to work well with the browser and other Javascript code.
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- Using bower:
bower install tg-angular-validator
- Include
angular-validator.min.js
into your application's HTML - Add
angularValidator
as a dependency of your Angular module
Basic usage for required fields
<input type = "text"
name = "firstName"
ng-model = "person.firstName"
required>
Usage with a custom validator function
<input type = "text"
name = "firstName"
ng-model = "person.firstName"
validator = "myCustomValidationFunction(form.firstName)">
Usage with validation on blur
<input type = "text"
name = "firstName"
ng-model = "person.firstName"
validate-on="blur"
validator = "myCustomValidationFunction(form.firstName)">
Usage with validation on dirty
<input type = "text"
name = "firstName"
ng-model = "person.firstName"
validate-on="dirty"
validator = "myCustomValidationFunction(form.firstName)">
Usage with custom validator literal
<input type = "text"
name = "firstName"
ng-model = "person.firstName"
validator = "form.firstname === 'john'">
Usage with REGEX and required
<input type = "text"
name = "firstName"
ng-model = "person.firstName"
ng-pattern = "\regex\"
required>
Usage with custom error message text
<input type = "text"
name = "firstName"
ng-model = "person.firstName"
ng-pattern = "\regex\"
invalid-message = "'Please enter the word regex'"
required-message = "'First name is required'"
required>
Usage with conditional invalid/required message text
<input type = "text"
name = "firstName"
ng-model = "person.firstName"
validator= "myCustomValidationFunction(person.firstName) === true"
invalid-message = "myCustomValidationMe(person.firstName)"
required-message = "myCustomValidationFunction(person.firstName)"
required>
- Note that the validator and the message function do not need to be the same function. If you choose to make them the same function make sure to return
true
on valid input.
Setting up the form
<form novalidate angular-validator angular-validator-submit="myFunction(myBeautifulForm)" name="myBeautifulForm">
<input>
<select></select>
....
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
Use angular-validator-submit
to specify the function to be called when the form is submitted. Note that the function is not called if the form is invalid.
Resetting the form
myBeautifulForm.reset()
Validty API
Uses standard Angular $valid
and $invalid
properties
myForm.$invalid
myForm.$valid
myElement.$valid
myElement.$invalid
myElement.$angularValidator
It's not working!? Make sure you have assigned a unique name to each form element as well as the form itself. Make sure you have properly followed the installation instructions.
Why pass value to custom validator functions? Passing the value to the custom validator function allows the function to be easier to test.
How do I display success messages/classes? The library does not currently support success classes and messages. Feel free to contribute.
What if I want error messages to display before the user types anything? You are using the wrong library.
What if I want to disable the submit button if the form is invalid?
You can add ng-disabled="myForm.$invalid"
on the submit button.
See CONTRIBUTING.md
MIT