nws-dynamic-form

Dynamic Form

This library helps you generate a simple Form with JSON input in React. Makes use of @mui/material to generate the styled input. The main purpose for creating this library is to deal with dynamic form problem. Dynamic form is a form whose input list can be changed for different purpose. By using this library, you can custom your form input list to json format without fixing it on the database.

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Installation

Use NPM to install the library.

$ npm install nws-dynamic-form

Usage

import { JSONForm } from 'nws-dynamic-form';

const testFormData = JSON.stringify({
  label: 'Declaration',
  formFields: [
    {
      id: 'mass_purity_uncertainty',
      name: 'mass_purity_uncertainty',
      label: '1. Is there any uncertainty about the mass purity?',
      type: 'radio',
      options: [
        {
          label: 'No',
          value: 'no',
        },
        {
          label: 'Yes',
          value: 'yes',
        },
      ],
    },
    {
      id: 'mass_purity_uncertainty_explanation',
      name: 'mass_purity_uncertainty_explanation',
      label: 'Describe impurity',
      display: { mass_purity_uncertainty: 'yes' },
      multiline: true,
      rows: 4,
      variant: 'filled',
    },
    {
      id: 'mass_origination',
      name: 'mass_origination',
      label: '2. Where the mass is originating from?',
      type: 'checkbox',
      options: [
        {
          name: 'road_originating',
          label: 'Roads or railroads',
        },
        {
          name: 'industy_originating',
          label: 'Industrial, gas station, workshop or similar',
        },
        {
          name: 'city_originating',
          label: 'City area',
        },
      ],
    },
    {
      id: 'polution_completed',
      name: 'polution_completed',
      label: '3. Has the pollution analysis been completed?',
      type: 'radio',
      options: [
        {
          label: 'No',
          value: 'no',
        },
        {
          label: 'Yes',
          value: 'yes',
        },
      ],
    },
    {
      id: 'polution_completed_explanation',
      name: 'polution_completed_explanation',
      label: 'Describe why not',
      display: { polution_completed: 'no' },
      multiline: true,
      rows: 4,
      variant: 'filled',
    },
  ],
});

const defaultFormErrors = {
  mass_purity_uncertainty: false,
  mass_purity_uncertainty_explanation: false,
  mass_origination: false,
  polution_completed: false,
  polution_completed_explanation: false,
}

function App() {
  const [controlledFormValue, setControlledFormValue] = React.useState<any>({});
  const [formErrors, setFormErrors] = React.useState({
    mass_purity_uncertainty: false,
    mass_purity_uncertainty_explanation: false,
    mass_origination: false,
    polution_completed: false,
    polution_completed_explanation: false,
  });

  const onSubmit = (e: any) => {
    if (!validateForm()) return;
    console.log("Controlled form value: ", controlledFormValue);
  }

  const validateForm = () => {
    let flag = true;
    const newFormErrors = { ...defaultFormErrors };
    if (!controlledFormValue?.mass_purity_uncertainty) {
      newFormErrors.mass_purity_uncertainty = true;
      flag = false;
    }
    if (!controlledFormValue?.mass_purity_uncertainty_explanation) {
      newFormErrors.mass_purity_uncertainty_explanation = true;
      flag = false;
    }
    if (!controlledFormValue?.mass_origination?.road_originating) {
      newFormErrors.mass_origination = true;
      flag = false;
    }
    if (!controlledFormValue?.mass_origination?.industy_originating) {
      newFormErrors.mass_origination = true;
      flag = false;
    }
    if (!controlledFormValue?.mass_origination?.city_originating) {
      newFormErrors.mass_origination = true;
      flag = false;
    }
    if (!controlledFormValue?.polution_completed) {
      newFormErrors.polution_completed = true;
      flag = false;
    }
    if (!controlledFormValue?.polution_completed_explanation) {
      newFormErrors.polution_completed_explanation = true;
      flag = false;
    }
    setFormErrors(newFormErrors);
    return flag;
  }

  return (
    <div className="App">
      <div style={{ width: 500, padding: 20 }}>
        <JSONForm 
          formData={testFormData} 
          formValue={controlledFormValue}
          onChange={setControlledFormValue}
          formErrors={formErrors}
        />
        <button
          style={{
            marginTop: 10,
          }}
          onClick={onSubmit}
        >
          Submit
        </button>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}