Chapter 14 - Improve validation

app/lib/actions.ts

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import {redirect} from "next/navigation";
 
 const FormSchema = z.object({
     id: z.string(),
-    customerId: z.string(),
+    customerId: z.string({
-    amount: z.coerce.number(),
+        invalid_type_error: 'Please select a customer.',
-    status: z.enum(['pending', 'paid']),
+    }),
+    amount: z.coerce.number().gt(0, { message: 'Please enter an amount greater than $0.' }),
+    status: z.enum(['pending', 'paid'], { invalid_type_error: 'Please select an invoice status'}),
     date: z.string(),
 });
 
@@ -17,14 +19,33 @@ const UpdateInvoice = FormSchema.omit({ id: true, date: true });
 
 const CreateInvoice = FormSchema.omit({ id: true, date: true });
 
-export async function createInvoice(formData: FormData) {
+export type State = {
+    errors?: {
+        customerId?: string[];
+        amount?: string[];
+        status?: string[];
+    };
+    message?: string | null;
+};
 
-    const { customerId, amount, status } = CreateInvoice.parse({
+export async function createInvoice(prevState: State, formData: FormData) {
+
+    const validatedFields = CreateInvoice.safeParse({
         customerId: formData.get('customerId'),
         amount: formData.get('amount'),
         status: formData.get('status'),
     });
 
+    // If form validation fails, return errors early. Otherwise, continue.
+    if (!validatedFields.success) {
+        return {
+            errors: validatedFields.error.flatten().fieldErrors,
+            message: 'Missing Fields. Failed to Create Invoice.',
+        };
+    }
+
+    const { customerId, amount, status } = validatedFields.data;
+
     const amountInCents = amount * 100;
     const date = new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0];
 

app/ui/invoices/create-form.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+'use client';
 import { CustomerField } from '@/app/lib/definitions';
 import Link from 'next/link';
 import {
@@ -8,10 +9,14 @@ import {
 } from '@heroicons/react/24/outline';
 import { Button } from '@/app/ui/button';
 import {createInvoice} from "@/app/lib/actions";
+import { useFormState } from 'react-dom';
 
 export default function Form({ customers }: { customers: CustomerField[] }) {
+  const initialState = { message: null, errors: {} };
+  const [state, dispatch] = useFormState(createInvoice, initialState);
+  console.log(state);
   return (
-    <form action={createInvoice}>
+    <form action={dispatch}>
       <div className="rounded-md bg-gray-50 p-4 md:p-6">
         {/* Customer Name */}
         <div className="mb-4">
@@ -20,21 +25,31 @@ export default function Form({ customers }: { customers: CustomerField[] }) {
           </label>
           <div className="relative">
             <select
-              id="customer"
+                id="customer"
-              name="customerId"
+                name="customerId"
-              className="peer block w-full cursor-pointer rounded-md border border-gray-200 py-2 pl-10 text-sm outline-2 placeholder:text-gray-500"
+                className="peer block w-full cursor-pointer rounded-md border border-gray-200 py-2 pl-10 text-sm outline-2 placeholder:text-gray-500"
-              defaultValue=""
+                defaultValue=""
+                aria-describedby="customer-error"
             >
               <option value="" disabled>
                 Select a customer
               </option>
               {customers.map((customer) => (
-                <option key={customer.id} value={customer.id}>
+                  <option key={customer.id} value={customer.id}>
-                  {customer.name}
+                    {customer.name}
-                </option>
+                  </option>
               ))}
             </select>
-            <UserCircleIcon className="pointer-events-none absolute left-3 top-1/2 h-[18px] w-[18px] -translate-y-1/2 text-gray-500" />
+            <UserCircleIcon
+                className="pointer-events-none absolute left-3 top-1/2 h-[18px] w-[18px] -translate-y-1/2 text-gray-500"/>
+          </div>
+          <div id="customer-error" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true">
+            {state.errors?.customerId &&
+                state.errors.customerId.map((error: string) => (
+                    <p className="mt-2 text-sm text-red-500" key={error}>
+                      {error}
+                    </p>
+                ))}
           </div>
         </div>
 

package.json

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     "prettier": "prettier --write --ignore-unknown .",
     "prettier:check": "prettier --check --ignore-unknown .",
     "start": "next start",
-    "seed": "node -r dotenv/config ./scripts/seed.js"
+    "seed": "node -r dotenv/config ./scripts/seed.js",
+    "lint": "next lint"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@heroicons/react": "^2.0.18",