README.md
<div align="center">
<h1>useFormBee</h1>
<a href="https://www.emojione.com/emoji/1f989">
<img
height="80"
width="80"
alt="owl"
src="https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/46520271_2143919952537259_6137294672965402624_o.png?_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=AQmkRe0pNN2W6XUOobH_m5wkJpRRhFxu3UJCUwgL21tTvHVDvAqRoDR43GP47-Vmhxo&_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&oh=bf069a21d65b435c567b576e9284ccb5&oe=5DD222FF"
/>
</a>
<p>This is a react form handler</p>
</div>
<hr />
[](https://travis-ci.com/Eazybee/useFormBee) <a href="https://codeclimate.com/github/Eazybee/useFormBee/test_coverage"><img src="https://api.codeclimate.com/v1/badges/d103b30217999d81e940/test_coverage" /></a> <a href="https://codeclimate.com/github/Eazybee/useFormBee/maintainability"><img src="https://api.codeclimate.com/v1/badges/d103b30217999d81e940/maintainability" /></a> [](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [](http://makeapullrequest.com) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/useformbee)
## The problem
Handling forms in react can be a little bit tedious especially for new beginners like me 😃. **I often find myself re-writing the same stateful logic and form validations**, especially when I have different forms in different components (such as _signup, login, profile update form_).
## Inspiration
My mentor <a href='https://github.com/benfluleck'>@benfluleck</a> suggested I abstract my form logic so that it can easily be reusable. I created a useForm hook and showed it to him and my other colleague. To my surprise, they loved it and adviced that I made some improvements on it and also upload it to [npm](https://npmjs.com/package/useformbee) as a library.
## The solution
**useFormBee** is a custom react hook that helps me manage and abstract form logic.<br>
Form logic such as
- values
- onChange
- onSubmit
- onReset
Harnessing the power of <a href='https://www.npmjs.com/package/validatorjs'>validatorjs</a>, I integrated validations to the useForm hooks.
<hr>
## Installation
This module is distributed via <a href='https://www.npmjs.com/'>npm</a>
```bash
npm install useformbee
```
## Usage
##### Import
```javascript
import useFormBee from 'useformbee';
```
```javascript
const { values, errors, handleChange, handleSubmit, handleReset } = useFormBee({ callback, rules });
```
##### Parameter
useformbee takes an object as its parameter. The object parameter must have two attribute `callback` and `rules`.
- The `callback` is the function that will be called when the form is submitted and passes all validation.
- The `rules` is an object of <a href='https://www.npmjs.com/package/validatorjs'>validatorjs</a> rules
##### Returns
useformbee returns an object of 5 attributes.
- values (object)
- errors (object)
- handleChange (function)
- handleSubmit (function)
- handleReset (function)
## Form Example
```javascript
const Form = () => {
// prepare your inputs rules
// read more about validatorjs rule -> https://www.npmjs.com/package/validatorjs
const rules = {
firstName: 'alpha|required',
age: 'numeric',
};
// create you callback function
const saveFormData = (values) => {
// ...your logic
};
const {
values, handleChange, handleSubmit, errors, handleReset,
} = useFormBee({ callback: saveFormData, rules });
// destructure field values
// the values is created from Object.keys(rules)
const { firstName, age } = values;
return (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit} onReset={handleReset}>
<input
type='text'
value ={firstName}
onChange={handleChange}
name='firstName'
required
/>
{/* display username error if there is an error */}
{errors.firstName && <p>{errors.firstName }</p>}
<br />
<input
type='text'
value ={age}
onChange={handleChange}
name='age'
/>
{/* display age error if there is an error */}
{errors.age && <p>{errors.age}</p>}
<br />
<button type='submit'>Submit</button>
<button type='reset'>Reset</button>
</form>
);
};
```
## Contributors
Thanks goes to these people <a href='https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key'>(emoji key)</a>
<table>
<tr>
<td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/Eazybee"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/36575414?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt="Ezekiel Ilori"/><br /><sub><b>Ezekiel Ilori</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#" title="Idea">🤔</a> <a href="#" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="#" title="Doc">📖</a></td>
<td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/benfluleck"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/26222856?s=400&v=4" width="100px;" alt="Benny Ogidan"/><br /><sub><b>Benny Ogidan</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#" title="Review">👀</a> <a href="#" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
## LICENSE
- [MIT](https://github.com/Eazybee/useFormBee/blob/develop/LICENSE)